Finmere

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Finmere is a settlement in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Finemere

Parish/Community: Finmere
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'14"N 1°4'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 463500, 232500
OS Grid: SP635325
Mapcode Local: GBR 9XS.BLJ
Mapcode Global: VHCWS.994V

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

Finmere in historic gazetteers

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

Finmere, par., NE. border of Oxfordshire, on river Ouse, 4½ miles SE. of Brackley, 1570 ac., pop. 291; P.O.; contains Finmere House.

Finmere in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 14 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Finmere, Oxfordshire

Finmere is a settlement in Oxfordshire

Finmere in historic gazetteers

Finmere in the Domesday Book