Wolverton

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Wolverton is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Other current and historical names

Wolverdington
Welverdington
Ulfwarditone

Parish/Community: Wolverton
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'32"N 1°41'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 420778, 262349
OS Grid: SP207623
Mapcode Local: GBR 4L1.9RX
Mapcode Global: VHBXM.JHQ5

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

Wolverton in historic gazetteers

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

Wolverton (or Wolverdington), par., Warwickshire, 5 miles N. of Stratford on Avon, 1320 ac., pop. 156.

Wolverton in the Domesday Book

A village in Fernecumbe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Corbucion
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Corbucion
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigmund the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urfer of Offley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 furlong

British Place Names

Wolverton, Warwickshire

Wolverton is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Wolverton in historic gazetteers

Wolverton in the Domesday Book