Rousham

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Rousham is a hamlet in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Rouesham
Rouuesham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°54'49"N 1°18'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 447570, 224134
OS Grid: SP475241
Mapcode Local: GBR 7VL.ZM7
Mapcode Global: VHCX1.75W9

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

Rousham in historic gazetteers

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

Rousham, par., Oxfordshire, on river Cherwell, 5 miles NE. of Woodstock, 10G8 ac., pop. 156; Rousham Hall, seat, was built in time of James I.

Rousham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald Cnut (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 11/4¾
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Ivry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 8 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Rousham, Oxfordshire

Rousham is a hamlet in Oxfordshire

Rousham in historic gazetteers

Rousham in the Domesday Book