Grendon

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Grendon is a settlement in Warwickshire

Other current and historical names

Grendone

Parish/Community: Grendon
District/Borough: North Warwickshire
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'5"N 1°34'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 428500, 300500
OS Grid: SK285005
Mapcode Local: GBR 5H8.WQK
Mapcode Global: WHCH5.PVJY

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

Grendon in historic gazetteers

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

Grendon, par., N. Warwickshire, on river Anker and Coventry Canal, 2½ miles NW. of Atherstone, 2360 ac., pop. 617; contains the seat of Grendon Hall.

Grendon in the Domesday Book

A village in Coleshill hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin of Grendon (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 16 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 8 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 36 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Grendon, Warwickshire

Grendon is a settlement in Warwickshire

Grendon in historic gazetteers

Grendon in the Domesday Book