Ashendon

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Ashendon is a village in Buckinghamshire

Other current and historical names

Assedone
Assedoune

Parish/Community: Ashendon
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°49'18"N 0°58'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 470495, 214170
OS Grid: SP704141
Mapcode Local: GBR 9ZV.RDZ
Mapcode Global: VHDV1.ZGHV

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

Ashendon in historic gazetteers

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

Ashendon, par. and seat, W. Bucks, 8 miles W. of Aylesbury, 2128 ac., pop. 237.

Ashendon in the Domesday Book

A village in Ashendon hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Viking of Ashendon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Viking of Ashendon (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 ploughs

British Place Names

Ashendon, Buckinghamshire

Ashendon is a village in Buckinghamshire

Ashendon in historic gazetteers

Ashendon in the Domesday Book