Monument record 0706800000 - WESTBURY VILLAGE

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Westbury Conservation Area (DBC8079)

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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

In Westbury Roger holds 2 1/2 hides from the Bishop [of Bayeux] as one manor. Land for 7 ploughs; in lordship 2. 8 villagers with 3 smallholders have 5 ploughs. 1 slave; meadow for 5 ploughs; woodland, 250 pigs. Value £3; when acquired 50s; before 1066, 60s. Young Alnoth, a thane of King Edward's, held this manor (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated on 19th July 1989. See summary (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 4:29.
  • <2>SBC23762 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2008. Westbury Conservation Area Summary.

Location

Grid reference SP 62214 35808 (point)
Civil Parish WESTBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 17 2025 10:25AM

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