Ashwell

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Ashwell is a village in Rutland

Parish/Community: Ashwell
Unitary Authority: Rutland
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'41"N 0°43'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 486638, 313414
OS Grid: SK866134
Mapcode Local: GBR CR0.YW1
Mapcode Global: WHFKG.X3SM

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

Ashwell in historic gazetteers

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

Ashwell, par. with ry. sta., NW. Rutlandshire, 3½ m. N. of Oakham, 1799 ac., pop. 245.

Ashwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Alstoe [South] hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn of Tuschet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn of Tuschet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres

British Place Names

Ashwell, Rutland

Ashwell is a village in Rutland

Ashwell in historic gazetteers

Ashwell in the Domesday Book