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Middlesex

Ashford
Exeforde: Count of Mortain.
Near Heathrow Airport.

Bishopsgate
Porta Episcopi: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066.
Part of London. The street called Bishopsgate was the main Roman route.

Camden Town
Rugemere: Canon Ralph from Bishop of London.
Part of London.
Charlton
Cerdentone: Roger de Raismes.
Squeezed between reservoir and motorway.
Colham
Coleham: Earl Roger. 2½ mills, vines.
London suburb.
Cowley
Covelie: Westminster Abbey. Mill.
Dr. William Dodd, clergyman and forger, was buried here in 1777.
Cranford
Cranforde: William FitzAnsculf and Hugh from him.
Extension of Hounslow; 18th century park.

Dawley
Dallega: Alnoth from Earl Roger.
Hayes housing estates.

East Bedfont
Bedefunde / funt: Count of Mortain; Richard from William FitzOthere.
Green; overlooks Heathrow Airport.
Ebury
Eia: Geoffrey de Mandeville.
Part of London. Ebury Street and Square are named after Ebury Farm, leased by Queen Elizabeth I. Mozart stayed here in 1764.
Enfield
Enefelde: Geoffrey de Mandeville. Mill, fishponds, park.
Sprawling London suburb.

Feltham
Felteham: Count of Mortain.
Huge dormitory suburb; 17th century manor house.
Fulham
Fuleham: Bishop of London and Fulcred from him; Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066. Gardens, weir.
London borough; 16th century Fulham Palace, past residence of the Bishops of London; once famous for its market gardens.

Greenford
Greneforde: Westminster Abbey before and after 1066; Arnulf and Ansgot from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Aelfeva from the king.
Part of London.

Haggerston
Hergotestane: Robert Gernon.
Depressed area of East London near Shoreditch.
Hampstead
Hamestede: Westminster Abbey and Ranulf Peverel from the abbey.
Part of London.
Hampton
Hamnetone: Walter de St. Valery. 3s from fishing nets and drag-nets in the River Thames.
Magnificent 16th century palace built by Cardinal Wolsey. In the 1870s, the Thames Conservancy hatched and reared fish here to release them into the Thames.
(For more on Hampton go to Hampton-Online)
Hanwell
Hanewelle: Westminster Abbey before and after 1066.
Modern housing estates nearby.
Hanworth
Haneworde: Robert from Earl Roger.
London suburb. Henry VIII had a shooting seat here; there is an old people's home on the site.
Harefield
Herefelle: Richard FitGilbert. 2 mills, 4 fishponds (1000 eels).
Country character; Breakspears manor house.
Harlesden
Herulvestune: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066.
Part of London.
Harlington
Herdintone: Alfred and Olaf from Earl Roger.
Straggling; squeezed between Heathrow and the M4.
Harrow
Herges: Archbishop Lanfranc.
Town with a famous public school.
Hatton
Ha(i)tone: Walter de Mucedent from Walter FitzOthere.
Enlarged as a result of the development of Heathrow airport.
Hayes
Hesa: Archbishop Lanfranc. Mill.
Town engulfed by modern housing; remains of 11th century manor house; moat.
Hendon
Handone: Westminster Abbey before and after 1066.
London borough with the (much altered) remains of a house built by the actor David Garrick in the 18th century.
Hillingdon
Hillendone: Earl Roger. Weir.
London borough.
Holborn
Holeburne: King's land.
London district so-called because a road in medieval times followed the course of a bourne (or burn). St. Etheldreda's church and Gray's Inn were both established by the 15th century.
Hoxton
Hochestone: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066.
Absorbed by Shoreditch.

Ickenham
Ticheham: 3 men-at-arms and an Englishman from Earl Roger; 2 Englishmen from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Robert FitzFafiton.

Isleworth
Gistelesworde: Walter de St. Valery. 2 mills, 1½ weirs.
Thames-side; Syon House, begun after the Dissolution from the ruins of a Bridgettine convent.
Islington
Iseldone / Isendone: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066; Wulfbert from Geoffrey de Mandeville; Derman of London.
Part of London; 16th century Canonbury House. Henry VIII hawked here.

Kempton
Chenetone: Count of Mortain. Vines.
Famous race course. Remains of a Henry I palace probably lie beneath it.
Kensington
Chenesit: Aubrey de Vere from Bishop of Coutances. 3 vines.
Part of London (combined with Chelsea as a borough). de Vere gave land to the Abbey of St. Mary, Abingdon; the present parish church named St. Mary Abbots recalls this.
Kingsbury
Chingesberie: William the Chamberlain from Westminster Abbey; Albold from Arnulf de Hesdin. Mill.
Part of London; modern housing.

Lisson
Lilestone: Edeva from the king.
Lisson Grove and Lisson Street in London. In medieval times, a setllement between the hamlets of Tyburne (now Marylebone) and Paddington.

Northolt
Northala: Geoffrey de Mandeville.
Overrun by metropolis; airport.

Ruislip
Rislepe: Arnulf de Hesdin.
Park for woodland beasts. Part of London; manor farm, on the site of the motte and bailey castle built by de Hesdin; Park Wood, a fragment of the Domesday hunting ground.

St. Pancras
Sanctus Pancratius: Canons of St. Paul's before and afte1066; Canon Walter of St. Paul's.
Part of London; Norman church, built c.1180, possibly on the site of a Roman camp.
Shepperton
Scepertone: Westminster Abbey before and after 1066. Weir.
Thames-side village. Manor house, several weirs.
South Mimms
Mimes: Geoffrey de Mandeville.
Site of a motte and bailey castle nearby, probably that of the de Mandevilles.
Staines
Stanes: Westminster Abbey. 6 mills, 2 weirs, vines.
Town; weirs.
Stanmore
Stanmera / mere: Count of Mortain; Roger de Raismes.
Part of London. Handel was organist at the church.
Stanwell
Stanwelle: Walter FitzOthere. 4 mills (400 eels less 75), 3 weirs (1000 eels).
Much expanded; Stanwell Place, Georgian manor house.
Stepney
Stibenhed(e): Bishop of London; Hugh de Bernieres; Brian's wife; Ranulf Flambard; William de Vere; Canon Engelbert before and after 1066; Bishop of Lisieux before and after 1066; William the Chamberlain; Aelfric Catchpoll; Edmund son of Algot and Alwin son of Brictmer from him; Robert FitzFafiton; Robert FitzRozelin. 7 mills. Wood for fences.
London borough; green with Georgian houses.
Stoke Newington
Neutone: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066.
Part of London; a rural village until the 1870s.
Sunbury
Suneberie: Westminster Abbey.
Large; Thames-side.

Tollington
Tolentone: Ranulf brother of Ilger holds TOLLINGTON from the king for 2 hides. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1 hide, 1 plough there. The villagers have 2 ploughs. 5 villagers with ½ virgate each; 2 smallholders with 9 acres; 1 cottager; 1 slave. Pasture for village livestock; woodland, 60 pigs and 5s too. Value of this land, 40s; when acquired 60s; before 1066 40s. Edwin, King Edward's man, held this (land) and could sell.
Tollington Park.
Tottenham
Toteham: Countess Judith. Weir.
Part of London.
Tottenham (Court)
Totehele: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066.
Part of London.
Twyford
Tueverde: Durand and Gyrth, Canons of St. Paul's.
Part of London.
Tyburn
Tiburne: Barking Abbey before and after 1066.
Part of London. Criminals were executed here as early as 1196.

West Bedfont
Westbedefund: Walter de Mucedent from Walter FitzOthere.
Merged with Stanwell.
(West) Drayton
Draitone: Canons of St. Paul's. Mill, weir.
Fine green; weir; Tudor gatehouse.
Westminster
Aecclesia Sancti Petri Westmonasterii: Westminster Abbey and Baynard from the abbot. Gardens, houses, newly planted vines.
City of Westminster, in London. Westminster Abbey dates from 1245 and is on the site of the Saxon church.
Willesden
Wellesdone: Villagers from the Canons of St. Paul's (who before 1066 held the manor for their household supplies).
Part of London. Medieval church; from the 13th century to the Reformation the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Willesden rivalled the one to Walsingham.