Cholsey

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Cholsey is a village in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Chawsey
Chelseie
Celsea
Celsei
West End
End, West

Built-Up Area: Cholsey
Parish/Community: Cholsey
District/Borough: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°34'30"N 1°9'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 458769, 186583
OS Grid: SU587865
Mapcode Local: GBR 91D.96L
Mapcode Global: VHCYN.YNMW

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

Cholsey in historic gazetteers

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

Cholsey, par., mid. Berks, 2½ miles SW. of Wallingford, 4438 ac. (12 water), pop. 1735; P.O.

Cholsey in the Domesday Book

A village in Slotisford hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: King Edward; Free men, ten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (subinfeudated); William (subinfeudated); Richard Poynant (subinfeudated); Gilbert (subinfeudated); Hugh (subinfeudated); 2 priests (subinfeudated); Hervey the commissioner (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 23 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £64 in 1066; £64 in 1070; £71 15/- in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 100 cottagers; 15 slaves
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 18 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (27 plough lands)
- Meadow: 136 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 3, value £3 2/-

British Place Names

Cholsey, Oxfordshire

Cholsey is a village in Oxfordshire

Cholsey in historic gazetteers

Cholsey in the Domesday Book