Horningsham

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Horningsham is a village in Wiltshire

Parish/Community: Horningsham
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°10'20"N 2°16'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 381072, 141502
OS Grid: ST810415
Mapcode Local: GBR 0T4.GC5
Mapcode Global: VH97M.KSPJ

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

Horningsham in historic gazetteers

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

Horningsham, par. and vil., S. Wilts, 4 miles SW. of Warminster, 2541 ac., pop. 813; P.O.

Horningsham in the Domesday Book

A village in Heytesbury hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Agenwulf's father
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Agenwulf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Agenwulf
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 other household
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kolsveinn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Marlborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osmund (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾

British Place Names

Horningsham, Wiltshire

Horningsham is a village in Wiltshire

Horningsham in historic gazetteers

Horningsham in the Domesday Book