Monument record 0859200000 - Grendon Underwood village

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Grendon Underwood, recorded in Domesday Book

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Grendon Underwood Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) VILL (Recorded 1086, 11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

henry of Ferrers holds Grendon [Underwood]. It answers for 2 hides. Land for 8 ploughs; in lordship 1 hide; 3 ploughs there. 12 villagers with 2 smallholders have 5 ploughs. 4 slaves; meadow for 2 ploughs; woodland, 500 pigs. The total value is and was £6; before 1066 £7. Boding the Constable held this manor before 1066; he could sell (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 19th July 1989. See summary (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 27:1.
  • <2>SBC23687 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2008. Grendon Underwood Conservation Area Summary.

Location

Grid reference SP 677 209 (point)
Civil Parish GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2016 11:26AM

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