Whitwell

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Whitwell is a hamlet in Rutland

Parish/Community: Whitwell
Unitary Authority: Rutland
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'1"N 0°38'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 492361, 308568
OS Grid: SK923085
Mapcode Local: GBR DT1.VG7
Mapcode Global: WHGLV.67K7

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

Whitwell in historic gazetteers

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

Whitwell, par., Rutland, 4½ miles E. of Oakham, 602 ac., pop. 109.

Whitwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Alstoe [South] hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Besi of Calverton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 6 mixed measures
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Besi of Calverton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 6 mixed measures
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

British Place Names

Whitwell, Rutland

Whitwell is a hamlet in Rutland

Whitwell in historic gazetteers

Whitwell in the Domesday Book