Biddlesden

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Biddlesden is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire

Other current and historical names

Biddlesdon
Bidlesden
Bittlesden
Bittlesdon
Bechtesdene
Bechesdene

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'20"N 1°4'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 463379, 240091
OS Grid: SP633400
Mapcode Local: GBR 9X0.4HW
Mapcode Global: VHCWD.8LYJ

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

Biddlesden in historic gazetteers

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

Biddlesdon, par. and vil., NW. Bucks, 3½ miles NE. of Brackley, 2052 ac., pop. 125; contains B. Park.

Biddlesden in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur son of Thorth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Mills: 2, value 2/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin son of Goding
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld

British Place Names

Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire

Biddlesden is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire

Biddlesden in historic gazetteers

Biddlesden in the Domesday Book