Woolley

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Woolley is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire

Other current and historical names

Cilvelai

Parish/Community: Barham and Woolley
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'23"N 0°18'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 515028, 274511
OS Grid: TL150745
Mapcode Local: GBR H0Z.CTF
Mapcode Global: VHGLT.J1P8

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

Woolley in historic gazetteers

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

Woolley.-- par., in co. and 6 miles NW. of Huntingdon, 3718 ac., pop. 89.

Woolley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric; Wulfric son of Gode
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Golda mother of Wulfric; Wulfric son of Gode
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Golda mother of Wulfric; Wulfric son of Gode
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric; Wulfric son of Gode
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld

British Place Names

Woolley, Cambridgeshire

Woolley is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire

Woolley in historic gazetteers

Woolley in the Domesday Book