Kingsclere

Other current and historical names

Kings Clere
Kings Cleare
Clere

Built-Up Area: Kingsclere
Parish/Community: Kingsclere
District/Borough: Basingstoke and Deane
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'30"N 1°14'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 452831, 158700
OS Grid: SU528587
Mapcode Local: GBR 945.Y88
Mapcode Global: VHCZS.DYMM

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

Kingsclere in the Domesday Book

A village in Kingsclere hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 14 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ravelin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ravelin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ravelin
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 5/- in 1066; £3 5/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 18 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf; Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Port
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fatherling father of Roald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 1, value 12 shillings
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
- Meadow: 2 acres
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Households: 21 villagers; 31 smallholders; 7 slaves; 2 freedmen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 15 swine render
- Mills: 2, value 8/2½

British Place Names

Kingsclere, Hampshire

Kingsclere is a village in Hampshire

Kingsclere in historic gazetteers

Kingsclere in the Domesday Book