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Lew is a hamlet in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Lewa
Bampton Lew

Parish/Community: Lew
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°45'12"N 1°31'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 432818, 206203
OS Grid: SP328062
Mapcode Local: GBR 6W3.502
Mapcode Global: VHC07.H6M0

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

Lew in historic gazetteers

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

Lew, township and vil., in par. and 2½ miles NE. of Bampton, Oxfordshire, 1642 ac., pop. 129; P.O.

Lew in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aretius
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aretius
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 15/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Pasture: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Pasture: 1 ¹⁄₂ furlongs