Wormleighton

Other current and historical names

Wormeleighton
Wimerestone
Wimeles
Wimenes

Parish/Community: Wormleighton
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'44"N 1°20'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 444896, 253623
OS Grid: SP448536
Mapcode Local: GBR 7RG.8T0
Mapcode Global: VHCVN.MHWC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wormleighton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wormleighton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wormleighton, par. and vil., Warwickshire - par., 2320 ac., pop. 231; vil., on Oxford Canal, 1½ mile E. of Fenny Compton; P.O.

Wormleighton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hunesberi hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin; Wulfric; Ordric uncle of Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Warin of Wormleighton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 36 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Wormleighton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 2 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

British Place Names

Wormleighton, Warwickshire

Wormleighton is a village in Warwickshire

Wormleighton in historic gazetteers

Wormleighton in the Domesday Book