Wheathampstead

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Wheathampstead is a village in Hertfordshire

Other current and historical names

Whethamstead
Whethamsted
Watamestede

Built-Up Area: Wheathampstead
Parish/Community: Wheathampstead
District/Borough: St. Albans
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°48'42"N 0°17'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 517713, 213946
OS Grid: TL177139
Mapcode Local: GBR H7L.BJB
Mapcode Global: VHGPB.VQHF

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

Wheathampstead in historic gazetteers

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

Wheathampstead, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herts - par., 5187 ac., pop. 2319; vil., 5 miles NE. of St Albans and 7 NW. of Hatfield; P.O., T.O.; figured at Domesday as Watamestede, and was (1312) the meeting place of the barons in their war against Edward II.

Wheathampstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Danish hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 12 smallholders; 9 cottagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
- Woodland: 400 pigs
- Mills: 4, value £1

British Place Names

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

Wheathampstead is a village in Hertfordshire

Wheathampstead in historic gazetteers

Wheathampstead in the Domesday Book