Chalgrave

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Chalgrave is a hamlet in Central Bedfordshire

Other current and historical names

Celgrave
Fancott

Parish/Community: Chalgrave
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'7"N 0°32'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 500845, 227346
OS Grid: TL008273
Mapcode Local: GBR G4D.PMY
Mapcode Global: VHFR5.PM73

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

Chalgrave in historic gazetteers

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

Chalgrave, par., SW. Bedfordshire, 3½ miles NE. of Dunstable, 2130 ac., pop. 873.

Chalgrave in the Domesday Book

A village in Manshead hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Albert of Lorraine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 ploughs
- Woodland: 50 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward White
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Chalgrave, Central Bedfordshire

Chalgrave is a hamlet in Central Bedfordshire

Chalgrave in historic gazetteers

Chalgrave in the Domesday Book