Weston-on-Avon

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Weston-on-Avon is a village which was recorded in the Domesday Book. Originally in Gloucestershire, it was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931. It is about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon.[1]

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[edit] History

'Domesday Book' .
'Domesday Book' [2].

The Domesday book recorded that Weston was one of about six villages given to Hugh de Grandmesnil as reward for his help at the Battle of Hastings.

"The same Hugh holds Weston-on-Avon.and Roger holds of him. There are four hides. Baldwin held it TRE.[3] In demesne two ploughs and six villans with three ploughs. There are four slaves and five female slaves and a mill rendering ten shillings. It was worth £7, now £6".[4]

[edit] Famous Residents

  • Sir John Greville, an MP in five Parliaments, was buried here in 1480. See Binton.
  • Robert Fisher Tomes, English farmer and zoologist, was born here on 4th August 1823.
  • John Trapp, vicar of Weston and Anglican Bible commentator, died here in 1669.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Weston-upon-Avon. The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ Line drawing from Historic Byways and Highways of Old England, Andrew Williams, 1900
  3. ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of Edward the Confessor before the Battle of Hastings.
  4. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.464

[edit] See also

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