Monument record 0869100000 - Hambleden village

Summary

Medieval to modern village of Hambleden, recorded in Domesday Book.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Hambleden Conservation Area (DBC7268)

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Type and Period (3)

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

Description

The Queen [Matilda] holds Hambleden herself. It answers for 20 hides. Land for 30 ploughs; in lordship 5 [hides]; 3 ploughs there. 50 villagers with 9 smallholders have 27 ploughs. 9 slaves; 1mill at 20s; from 1 fishery, 1000 eels; meadow for 8 ploughs; woodland, 700 pigs. In all its payments it pays £35 a year at face value; when the Queen was alive £15; before 1066 £16. Earl Algar held this manor. (B1). NGR to centre of village.

Sources (1)

  • ---SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 52:2.

Location

Grid reference SU 784 865 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 3:27PM

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