Hempton

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Hempton is a village in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Hentone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'59"N 1°21'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 444486, 231842
OS Grid: SP444318
Mapcode Local: GBR 7TS.LKS
Mapcode Global: VHCWM.HD7Y

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

Hempton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Lanquetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 mixed measures
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Pasture: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 12 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Hempton, Oxfordshire

Hempton is a village in Oxfordshire

Hempton in the Domesday Book