490:. In different parts of the country, these were terms for the area of land that a team of eight oxen could plough in a single season and are equivalent to 120 acres (49 hectares); this was the amount of land that was considered to be sufficient to support a single family. By 1086, the hide had become a unit of tax assessment rather than an actual land area; a hide was the amount of land that could be assessed as £1 for tax purposes. The survey records that there were twelve ploughlands at Hartford in 1086 and that there was the capacity for a further five ploughlands. In addition to the arable land, there was 40 acres (16 hectares) of meadows, 1,892 acres (766 hectares) of woodland and two
419:
50:
31:
985:
57:
553:, after a routine training flight. About two miles from the end of the runway, it crashed by some houses in the estate of Oxmoor in the village of Hartford, north-east of Huntingdon. Three young children were killed and five people were injured, of whom two are detained in hospital. The two RAF members of the crew were also killed, said Secretary of State for Defence, Mr.
478:
The
Domesday Book records that there were 34 households at Hartford. There is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household. Using these figures then an estimate of the population of Hartford in 1086 is that it was within the
501:
and was a type of land-tax based on the hide or ploughland. It was originally a way of collecting a tribute to pay off the Danes when they attacked
England, and was only levied when necessary. Following the Norman Conquest, the geld was used to raise money for the King and to pay for continental
229:
506:
of value would be levied on the land holder. While this was typically two shillings in the pound the amount did vary; for example, in 1084 it was as high as six shillings in the pound. For the manor at
Hartford the total tax assessed was 15 geld.
447:
ordered that a survey should be carried out across
England to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the
460:; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value.
389:, some 38 miles (61 km) to the south-east. In 1931 the parish had a population of 464. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Huntingdon, part also went to
1085:
475:
in the
Domesday Book. In 1086 there was just one manor at Hartford; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £24 and the rent had fallen to £15 in 1086.
88:
269:
133:
1075:
1080:
253:
313:
1050:
1034:
1006:
1070:
948:
502:
wars; by 1130, the geld was being collected annually. Having determined the value of a manor's land and other assets, a tax of so many
1026:
989:
917:
740:
277:
215:
867:
246:
49:
241:
745:
574:. During this time the population was in the range of 283 (the lowest was in 1811) and 452 (the highest was in 1831).
814:
789:
768:
258:
693:
305:
295:
408:
203:
169:
534:
518:
1057:, by Mark Tinley. Quiet listening using headphones recommended (you can hear the birds flying over your head).
482:
The
Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as
81:
571:
362:
503:
234:
436:
Despite the rival claim of
Hertford, there is a case for identifying Hartford as the venue of the 672
892:
464:
300:
1047:
183:
1031:
468:
418:
411:, built in 1180 on the north riverbank. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church has six
956:
893:"Parishes: Hartford cum Sapley Pages 171-175 A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2"
444:
370:
689:
404:, and in the past has been known as Hereford by Huntingdon, Herford, Hertford and Harford.
115:
570:
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of
Hartford was recorded every ten years by the
8:
1090:
542:
437:
390:
151:
1010:
810:
785:
764:
577:
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the
514:
1021:
736:
578:
378:
208:
36:
1054:
1038:
1016:
530:
453:
366:
159:
123:
840:
714:
358:
141:
70:
1064:
449:
328:
315:
394:
354:
97:
1042:
996:
554:
483:
457:
412:
1048:
Binaural recording of a
Hartford garden with church bells in MP3 format
550:
491:
487:
350:
105:
546:
374:
193:
1001:
498:
386:
30:
922:
385:. The village is not to be confused with the much larger town of
175:
984:
382:
471:
741:"Church of All Saints, Huntingdon (Grade II*) (1330670)"
510:
By 1086 there were two churches and a priest at Hartford.
918:"RAF CANBERRA ACCIDENT, HUNTINGDON (Hansard, 4 May 1977)"
804:
779:
715:"Relationships and changes Hartford AP/CP through time"
440:, the first general council of the Anglo-Saxon Church.
1086:
Aviation accidents and incidents locations in England
497:
The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as
513:
The manor of Hartford remained in the possession of
456:
within a county there is a list of their estates or
735:
690:"Population statistics Hartford AP/CP through time"
1062:
1032:Recording of Hartford church bells in MP3 format
949:"Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011"
463:Hartford was listed in the Domesday Book in the
665:Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011
784:. London: Penguin Books. pp. 551–561.
452:. Starting with the king himself, for each
663:All population census figures from report
838:
1076:Populated places on the River Great Ouse
955:. Cambridgeshire Insight. Archived from
943:
941:
805:Ann Williams; G.H. Martin, eds. (1992).
780:Ann Williams; G.H. Martin, eds. (1992).
417:
1081:Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
809:. London: Penguin Books. p. 1355.
798:
763:, p. 91. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
529:On 3 May 1977, Shortly after 1100 hrs,
1063:
865:
834:
832:
830:
828:
826:
357:, now in the parish of Huntingdon, in
938:
807:Domesday Book: A Complete Translation
782:Domesday Book: A Complete Translation
773:
431:
407:All Saints' Church in Hartford is a
1022:Anglican churches around Huntingdon
868:"Estimating Local Population Sizes"
823:
13:
1071:Populated places in Cambridgeshire
884:
746:National Heritage List for England
717:. A Vision of Britain through Time
381:, upon which it has a significant
14:
1102:
978:
841:"Open Domesday: Place – Hartford"
524:
983:
953:www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk
890:
694:A Vision of Britain through Time
56:
55:
48:
29:
923:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
910:
409:Church of England parish church
1002:Hartford Marina, official site
859:
753:
729:
707:
682:
535:English Electric Canberra PR.9
519:dissolution of the monasteries
1:
866:Goose, Nigel; Hinde, Andrew.
675:
565:
560:
545:was returning to its base at
504:shillings and pence per pound
479:range of 119 and 170 people.
377:and on the north bank of the
656:
654:
652:
650:
648:
646:
644:
641:
638:
635:
7:
997:Hartford Conservation Group
761:The Hertfordshire Landscape
82:OS grid reference
18:Human settlement in England
10:
1107:
1041:, by local sound engineer
632:
426:
1053:27 September 2007 at the
1037:27 September 2007 at the
586:
400:It is sometimes known as
286:
268:
264:
252:
240:
228:
224:
214:
202:
192:
182:
168:
150:
132:
114:
96:
80:
43:
28:
23:
990:Hartford, Cambridgeshire
759:Munby, Lionel M. (1977)
626:
622:
618:
614:
610:
606:
602:
598:
594:
590:
369:, it is not far west of
35:Hartford Marina on the
897:British History Online
669:Cambridgeshire Insight
423:
204:Postcode district
992:at Wikimedia Commons
445:William the Conqueror
421:
845:www.opendomesday.org
184:Sovereign state
1009:, information from
962:on 15 February 2016
847:. Anna Powell-Smith
438:Council of Hertford
402:Hartford-cum-Sapley
325: /
1027:About bell-ringing
424:
422:All Saints' Church
391:Houghton and Wyton
270:UK Parliament
216:Dialling code
1011:British Waterways
988:Media related to
960:(xlsx – download)
672:
660:
659:
515:Huntingdon Priory
432:Medieval Hartford
373:. It lies on the
344:
343:
134:Shire county
1098:
987:
972:
971:
969:
967:
961:
945:
936:
935:
933:
931:
914:
908:
907:
905:
903:
888:
882:
881:
879:
877:
872:
863:
857:
856:
854:
852:
836:
821:
820:
802:
796:
795:
777:
771:
757:
751:
750:
737:Historic England
733:
727:
726:
724:
722:
711:
705:
704:
702:
700:
686:
662:
584:
583:
579:Second World War
555:Frederick Mulley
499:geld or danegeld
379:River Great Ouse
340:
339:
337:
336:
335:
330:
329:52.341°N 0.158°W
326:
323:
322:
321:
318:
292:
178:
92:
91:
69:Location within
59:
58:
52:
33:
21:
20:
1106:
1105:
1101:
1100:
1099:
1097:
1096:
1095:
1061:
1060:
1055:Wayback Machine
1039:Wayback Machine
1007:Hartford Marina
981:
976:
975:
965:
963:
959:
947:
946:
939:
929:
927:
916:
915:
911:
901:
899:
889:
885:
875:
873:
870:
864:
860:
850:
848:
839:J.J.N. Palmer.
837:
824:
817:
803:
799:
792:
778:
774:
758:
754:
734:
730:
720:
718:
713:
712:
708:
698:
696:
688:
687:
683:
678:
628:
624:
620:
616:
612:
608:
604:
600:
596:
592:
588:
568:
563:
543:No. 39 Squadron
531:Royal Air Force
527:
434:
429:
367:Huntingdonshire
349:is a suburb of
333:
331:
327:
324:
319:
316:
314:
312:
311:
310:
290:
282:
259:East of England
174:
164:
146:
128:
124:Huntingdonshire
110:
87:
86:
76:
75:
74:
73:
67:
66:
65:
64:
60:
39:
19:
12:
11:
5:
1104:
1094:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1078:
1073:
1059:
1058:
1045:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1004:
999:
980:
979:External links
977:
974:
973:
937:
909:
883:
858:
822:
815:
797:
790:
772:
752:
728:
706:
680:
679:
677:
674:
658:
657:
655:
653:
651:
649:
647:
645:
643:
640:
637:
634:
630:
629:
625:
621:
617:
613:
609:
605:
601:
597:
593:
589:
567:
564:
562:
559:
526:
525:Modern history
523:
433:
430:
428:
425:
359:Cambridgeshire
342:
341:
334:52.341; -0.158
309:
308:
306:Cambridgeshire
303:
298:
293:
291:List of places
287:
284:
283:
281:
280:
274:
272:
266:
265:
262:
261:
256:
250:
249:
247:Cambridgeshire
244:
238:
237:
235:Cambridgeshire
232:
226:
225:
222:
221:
218:
212:
211:
206:
200:
199:
196:
190:
189:
188:United Kingdom
186:
180:
179:
172:
166:
165:
163:
162:
156:
154:
148:
147:
145:
144:
142:Cambridgeshire
138:
136:
130:
129:
127:
126:
120:
118:
112:
111:
109:
108:
102:
100:
94:
93:
84:
78:
77:
71:Cambridgeshire
68:
62:
61:
54:
53:
47:
46:
45:
44:
41:
40:
34:
26:
25:
17:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1103:
1092:
1089:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1077:
1074:
1072:
1069:
1068:
1066:
1056:
1052:
1049:
1046:
1044:
1040:
1036:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1012:
1008:
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
994:
993:
991:
986:
958:
954:
950:
944:
942:
925:
924:
919:
913:
898:
894:
887:
869:
862:
846:
842:
835:
833:
831:
829:
827:
818:
816:0-14-100523-8
812:
808:
801:
793:
791:0-14-100523-8
787:
783:
776:
770:
769:0-340-04459-4
766:
762:
756:
748:
747:
742:
738:
732:
716:
710:
695:
691:
685:
681:
673:
670:
666:
631:
585:
582:
580:
575:
573:
558:
556:
552:
548:
544:
540:
536:
532:
522:
520:
516:
511:
508:
505:
500:
495:
494:at Hartford.
493:
489:
485:
480:
476:
474:
470:
469:Hurstingstone
466:
461:
459:
455:
451:
450:Domesday Book
446:
441:
439:
420:
416:
414:
410:
405:
403:
398:
396:
392:
388:
384:
380:
376:
372:
368:
364:
360:
356:
352:
348:
338:
307:
304:
302:
299:
297:
294:
289:
288:
285:
279:
276:
275:
273:
271:
267:
263:
260:
257:
255:
251:
248:
245:
243:
239:
236:
233:
231:
227:
223:
219:
217:
213:
210:
207:
205:
201:
197:
195:
191:
187:
185:
181:
177:
173:
171:
167:
161:
158:
157:
155:
153:
149:
143:
140:
139:
137:
135:
131:
125:
122:
121:
119:
117:
113:
107:
104:
103:
101:
99:
95:
90:
85:
83:
79:
72:
51:
42:
38:
32:
27:
22:
16:
982:
964:. Retrieved
957:the original
952:
928:. Retrieved
926:. 4 May 1977
921:
912:
900:. Retrieved
896:
886:
874:. Retrieved
861:
849:. Retrieved
844:
806:
800:
781:
775:
760:
755:
744:
731:
719:. Retrieved
709:
697:. Retrieved
684:
668:
664:
661:
576:
569:
538:
528:
512:
509:
496:
481:
477:
472:
462:
442:
435:
406:
401:
399:
395:Kings Ripton
363:Historically
355:civil parish
346:
345:
98:Civil parish
15:
1043:Mark Tinley
966:12 February
876:23 February
851:25 February
492:water mills
488:ploughlands
361:, England.
353:and former
332: /
1091:Huntingdon
1065:Categories
1017:Town names
930:19 January
902:29 October
721:19 January
699:19 January
676:References
566:Population
561:Demography
551:Huntingdon
537:aircraft,
517:until the
454:landholder
351:Huntingdon
317:52°20′28″N
278:Huntingdon
198:HUNTINGDON
106:Huntingdon
37:Great Ouse
891:Page, W.
633:Hartford
572:UK census
547:RAF Wyton
521:in 1536.
473:Hereforde
375:A141 road
320:0°09′29″W
254:Ambulance
194:Post town
1051:Archived
1035:Archived
443:In 1085
387:Hertford
365:part of
347:Hartford
116:District
89:TL256730
63:Hartford
24:Hartford
549:, near
465:Hundred
427:History
301:England
176:England
170:Country
813:
788:
767:
587:Parish
458:manors
383:marina
230:Police
152:Region
871:(PDF)
627:2011
541:, of
539:XH137
484:hides
413:bells
371:Wyton
220:01480
968:2016
932:2013
904:2021
878:2016
853:2016
811:ISBN
786:ISBN
765:ISBN
723:2023
701:2023
642:464
639:460
636:461
623:2001
619:1991
615:1981
611:1971
607:1961
603:1951
599:1931
595:1921
591:1911
486:and
393:and
242:Fire
209:PE29
160:East
667:by
581:).
467:of
1067::
951:.
940:^
920:.
895:.
843:.
825:^
743:.
739:.
692:.
671:.
557:.
533:,
415:.
397:.
296:UK
1013:.
970:.
934:.
906:.
880:.
855:.
819:.
794:.
749:.
725:.
703:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
