Potsgrove

Other current and historical names

Potesgrave
Pottesgrove
Potesgrava

Parish/Community: Potsgrove
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'31"N 0°37'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 495139, 229824
OS Grid: SP951298
Mapcode Local: GBR F2S.0W6
Mapcode Global: VHFR4.8176

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

Potsgrove in historic gazetteers

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

Potsgrove (or Pottesgrove), par. and vil., Bedfordshire, in SW. of co., 2 m. S. of Woburn, 1385 ac., pop. 203.

Potsgrove in the Domesday Book

A village in Manshead hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (7 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Morcar the priest of Luton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 1 plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 groom
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 groom
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Potsgrove, Central Bedfordshire

Potsgrove is a hamlet in Central Bedfordshire

Potsgrove in historic gazetteers

Potsgrove in the Domesday Book