Monument record 0869000000 - Halton village
Summary
Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Halton, recorded in domesday Book.
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area: Halton Conservation Area (DBC8041)
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Type and Period (2)
- VILL (Recorded 1086, 11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
The Archbishop [Lanfranc] holds Halton himself. It answers for 5 hides. Land for 7 ploughs; in lordship 2 1/2 hides; 2 ploughs there. 10 villagers with 15 smallholders have 5 ploughs. 1 mill at 15s; meadow for 2 ploughs; woodland, 100 pigs and 2s too. The total value is and always was £8. Earl Leofwin held this manor (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 10th December 2003. See appraisal (B2).
Illustrated local history (B3).
Halton was recorded as a borough in 1525-6 when rents from 4 burgages are recorded (B4).
Sources (4)
- ---SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 2:2.
- <2>SBC22115 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2003. Halton Conservation Area.
- <3>SBC23872 Bibliographic reference: Andrew E Adam. 1983. Beechwoods and Bayonets: The Book of Halton.
- <4>SBC29231 Article in serial: Maurice Warwick Beresford. 1981. ' Enlish Medieval Boroughs: A Handlt: Revisions 1973-81', in Urban History Yearbook 8 pp59-65. p61.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 873 101 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2026 2:09PM
