Monument record 0935500000 - Quainton village

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Quainton 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

In Quainton Miles [Crispin] holds 7 1/2 hides. Land for 9 ploughs; in lordship 3 hides; 3 ploughs there. 21 villagers with 6 smallholders have 6 ploughs. 6 slaves; meadow for 2 ploughs; woodland, 100 pigs. The total value is and was £7; before 1066 £8. Wigot of Wallingford held this manor.
Hascoit Musard holds 2 1/2 hides in Quainton as one manor and Eudo from him. Land for 4 ploughs; in lordship 2 ploughs. 4 villagers with 3 smallholders have 1 plough; another possible. 2 slaves; meadow for 2 ploughs; woodland, 100 pigs. In total, the value is and always was 50s. Azor, son of Toti, one of King Edward's guards, held this manor; he could sell (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 1st January 1972 and revised on 10th November 2015. See appraisal document for detail (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 23:12, 49:1.
  • <2>SBC23745 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2015. Quainton Conservation Area Review.

Location

Grid reference SP 746 201 (point)
Civil Parish QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 8 2016 5:12PM

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