Wymington

Other current and historical names

Winnington
Wimentone

Built-Up Area: Rushden
Parish/Community: Wymington
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'5"N 0°36'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 495579, 264273
OS Grid: SP955642
Mapcode Local: GBR DYX.QXG
Mapcode Global: VHFPL.J7RY

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

Wymington in the Domesday Book

A village in Willey hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Lank, Leofnoth son of Osmund's man; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin Frambold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gleu of Rothwell (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil of Digswell
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Digswell
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorkil of Digswell
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric, Burgred father of Edwin's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the monk (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lank
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Lank's wife; 5 brothers
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Lank's wife; 5 brothers
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin Frambold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Wymington, Bedford

Wymington is a village in Rushden, Bedford

Wymington in historic gazetteers

Wymington in the Domesday Book