HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
DOMESI 
NOTES TO DOMESDAY MAP 
Compiled by F. W. RAGG, M.A. 
With Notes by J. HORACE ROUND, M.A. 
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In this map those manors in which the King had an 
interest have a scarlet line under them; a blue line 
(broken) is under those in which the principal 
ecclesiastical tenant, Ramsey Abbey, held land; a 
green line denotes those of which part or all was held 
by Hugh de Beauchamp, the greatest lay tenant in 
the county. The name of a manor or of a Hundred 
is often given in more than one form by Domesday, 
but only one of these forms can be shown on the 
map. It has been found impracticable to give the 
boundaries of the Domesday Hundreds, but their 
names will be found on the map together with index 
letters showing to which Hundred each manor apper- 
tained (as shewn below). The modern river names 
have been added for the convenience of the reader. 
The map illustrates the influence of the rivers, 
which were probably larger then than now, on the 
grouping of the manors, and the text illustrates their 
course and extent by its entries of meadows and 
watermills, both of them then valuable possessions. 
LIST OF THE HUNDREDS. 
Stodene, Stodden. 
Wilga, Wilge. 
(Half) Buchelai, Bochelai, Bocheleia. 
Bereforde. 
(Half) Weneslai. 
Bicheleswade, Bichelesworde. 
Wichestanestou, Wichenestanestou. 
Radeburnesoca, Radborgestoche, Radberne- 
Oo nm Ow) > 
stoch, Radborgestou, Ratborgestoc, 
Ratborgestou. 
| Manesheve. 
K Flictham. 
L Clistone, Cliftone. 
M (Half) Stanburge, Stamburge. 
N Odecroft (pre Domesday). 
Bedford itself is a Half Hundred. 
When, through the omission of the heading, a vill 
seems to be placed in the wrong Hundred, the letter 
denoting that Hundred is added in parentheses. 
REFERENCE TO COLOURING, 
King’s Manors thus Vestone 
Ramsey Abbey's Manors ” Bertone. 
Hugh de Beauchamp’s Manors » Strader 
Sokemen in King Edward's time, thus— x 
Scale of English Miles 
= A 
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NORTHANTONESCI 
Ttaseden 
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Edingeberge* 
also in, Eriac Hund, 
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