Swallowcliffe

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Swallowcliffe is a village in Wiltshire

Parish/Community: Swallowcliffe
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'37"N 2°3'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 396532, 127159
OS Grid: ST965271
Mapcode Local: GBR 2YM.J9B
Mapcode Global: FRA 66LC.8TN

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

Swallowcliffe in historic gazetteers

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

Swallowcliffe, par., Wilts, l mile SE. of Tisbury, 1344 ac., pop. 291.

Swallowcliffe in the Domesday Book

A village in Dunworth hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Wilton St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Wilton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Wilton
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward Colling
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Villagers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Brictric brother of Alwy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brictric brother of Alwy
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers

British Place Names

Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire

Swallowcliffe is a village in Wiltshire

Swallowcliffe in historic gazetteers

Swallowcliffe in the Domesday Book