Sawtry

Other current and historical names

Saltrede
Sawtry St Andrew
Sawtry St Judith
Sawtry All Saints
Sawtry All Saints Sawtry St Andrew and Sawtry St Judith

Built-Up Area: Sawtry
Parish/Community: Sawtry
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°26'20"N 0°17'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 516715, 283718
OS Grid: TL167837
Mapcode Local: GBR H02.0WT
Mapcode Global: VHGL8.0YZN

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

Sawtry in historic gazetteers

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

Sawtry All Saints, Sawtry St Andrew, and Sawtry St Judith, 3 pars., Huntingdonshire (containing Sawtry vil.), combined area 5730 ac., pop.- All Saints, 679; St Andrew, 368; St Judith, 213.

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

Sawtry, vil., in co. and 8½ miles NW. of Huntingdon; P.O.

Sawtry in the Domesday Book

A village in Normancross hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 18 furlongs
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 7 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Churches: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tosti brother of Erik
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Beaumais (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Churches: 1
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwin the reeve's wife
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the reeve's wife
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Sawtry, Cambridgeshire

Sawtry is a village in Cambridgeshire

Sawtry in historic gazetteers

Sawtry in the Domesday Book