Monument record 0930500000 - Lillingstone Lovell village

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Lillingstone Lovell, recorded in Domesday Book.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Lillingstone Lovell Conservation Area (DBC8048)

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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

In Oxfordshire:
Benzelin holds Lillingstone (Lovell) from the King. 2 1/2 hides. Land for 2 ploughs. Now in lordship 1 plough. 3 villagers with 1 smallholder have 1 plough. Woodland 10 furlongs long and and 5 furlongs wide. The value is and was 40s. Azor held it freely before 1066.
Richard the Artificer holds 2 1/2 hides in Lillingstone (Lovell) from the King. Land for 2 ploughs. 1 hide and 1 virgate of this land is in lordship. 5 villagers with 1 smallholder and 1 slave have 2 ploughs. Woodland 10 furlongs long and 5 furlongs wide. The value was 40s; now 60s. (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Historic building survey carried out by Paul Woodfield and local volunteers in 2004 as part of the Whittlewood Project (B2).
Conservation Area designated on 19th July 1989. See summary (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. E5-6.
  • <2>SBC23347 Unpublished document: R Conlon. 2005. Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Surveys: Lillingstone Lovell.
  • <3>SBC23694 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2008. Lillingstone Lovell Conservation Area Summary.

Location

Grid reference SP 713 404 (point)
Civil Parish LILLINGSTONE LOVELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 5:17PM

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