Monument record 0949800000 - Widmere hamlet

Summary

Possible medieval and post-medieval settlement at Widmere, mentioned in Domesday Book.

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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 [Great] Marlow Walter [of Vernon] holds 6 hides and 1 1/2 virgates. Land for 6 ploughs; in lordship 3 1/2 hides; 2 ploughs there. 8 villagers with 6 smallholders have 2 1/2 ploughs; a further 1 1/2 ploughs possible. 1 slave; meadow for 2 ploughs. The value is and was 100s; before 1066 £4. Godric, Asgar the Constable's man, held this manor; he could sell (B1).
NGR to Widmere Farm.

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 28:2.

Location

Grid reference SU 8310 8919 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 16 2024 11:04AM

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