Wing entries in Gazetteers
1086 DOMESDAY BOOK
The Land of the Count of Mortain - In Cottesloe Hundred - Wing & Crafton
The count himself holds Wing. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 40 ploughs. In demesne is 1 hide, and there are 4 ploughs. There are 51 villans with 20 bordars have 21 ploughs, and there could be 15 more ploughs.[There is] meadow for 25 ploughs. From the pasture, iron for 5 ploughs. In all it is worth £31; when received the same; TRE £32. This manor Edward Cild, a man of Earl Harold, held and could sell.
In Crafton the monks of Saint-Nicholas hold 2 1/2 hides of the count. There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne are 3 [ploughs], and 8 villans have 2 ploughs. [There is] meadow for 5 ploughs. It is and was worth £4, TRE £6. This manor Edward Cild held and could sell.
[Guide: demesne = land held for the benefit of the lord rather than the tenant; hide = assessment unit for tax purposes which equated to the amount of land required to support a household; plough = arable capacity of the estate ie the number of 8-ox plough teams required to work it; bordar = cottager, a peasant of low economic standing; villan = villager, a peasant of higher economic standing than bordar]
GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS IN ENGLAND & WALES TO 1516
WING 4881 2226 [OS National Grid reference]. Assessed value in the 1334 Lay Subsidy £122.63.
Market (granted by Letter Close) Fri; mercatum, granted 12 Aug 1218, by King Henry III to Henry son of Gerold. To be held at the manor. Mandate to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to cause him to have it.
Market (granted by Charter) Thurs; granted 7 Sept 1255, by King Henry III to John de Warrenna. To be held at the manor.
Fair (Charter) vfm [vigil feast morrow], Michael (29 Sept); granted 7 Sept 1255, by King Henry III to John de Warrenna. To be held at the manor.
1738 MAGNA BRITANNIA
Wing in Cotslow Hundred, most remarkable for being the Barony of the Rt Hon. Charles, late E. of Caernarvon, Viscount Ascot, and Baron Dormer of Wing, who had a seat here. That Earldom became extinct in him, but the barony of Dormer of Wing yet subsists. Robert Dormer Esq. was first created Baron of it Anno 13 Jme I and his grandson and heir Robert was made Earl of Caernarvon, of which in its place. This family flourishes also in Oxfordshire and of them have been many men of note in this Kingdom, of whom those two barve gentlemen, Philip Dormer and his brother, who were killed at the Battels of Blenheim in Germany and Almanza in Spain were descended, as was Jane Dormer, married to Don Lorenzo de Figuroa, Duke of Feria in Spain, who was eldest daughter of Sir William Dormer Kt, father of the first Lord Dormer. Near this place is Ascot, which gives the Title of Viscount to the above-mentioned Earl.
1746 THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER
Wing in Cotslow Hundred, most remarkable for being the Barony of the Right Hon. Charles, late Earl of Caernarvon, Viscount Ascot, and Baron Dormer of Wing, who had a seat here.
Ascot, which gave the same Lord the Title of Viscount, is near it.
1751 ENGLAND'S GAZETTEER
Ascot Bucks, near Wing and Winslow, gives title of Visc. to the E. of Carnarvan. Seat of Sir W. Stanhope.
1769 A DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND AND WALES
WING, or WENGE, is a village six miles north east of Aylesbury. At Ascot in this parish, there was a cell of Benedictine monks, which Maud the Empress, gave to the Abbey of St Nicholas, at Angiers, in France, but when Henry VII. dissolved the alien priories it was given to the monastery of St Albans in Hertfordshire. Wing gave the title of baron to the Dormers, earls of Caernarvon, and now to the lords Dormer. And Ascot gave the title of viscount to the same earls.
1789 BRITANNIA by William Camden
Here falls into the Ouse a little river which rises near Weng, the seat of the Dormers. Robert Dormer, esq., was first created baron Wing 13 James I. and his grandson and heir Robert was created viscount Ascot and earl of Caernarvon, and slain at the battle of Newbury 1643. Charles Dormer, earl of Caernarvon, his son, died in 1709, whereby the title of viscount and earl became extinct, but that of baron Dormer of Wing descended to a younger branch of the same family who now enjoy it; and the estate to the Stanhopes earls of Chesterfield.
Near Whitchurch, but in Wing parish, is Ascot, the principal mansion of the Dormers, from whence descended the duchess of Feria in Spain, and others of noble note. It belonged since to the Stanhopes, and gave title of viscount to the earl of Caernarvon's family, but is now in ruins. Here was a Benedictine cell, founded by the Empress Maud.
1831 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND, VOL 4
WING, a parish in the hundred of COTTESLOE, county of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (S.W. by W.) from Leighton-Buzzard, containing 1086 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £18. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Earl of Chesterfield. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a remarkably fine structure. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. An almshouse for eight poor persons was founded, in 1596, by Lady Pelham, with an endowment of £30 per annum, to which Sir William Stanhope, in 1772, bequeathed an annuity of £6. 10. A Benedictine priory, a cell to the monastery of St. Nicholas at Angiers in France, was founded at Ascot, in this parish, by the Empress Maud, which, after the suppression, came into the possession of Cardinal Wolsey.
1832 A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
WING 4 miles N.W. of Ivinghoe. At this place there was a Priory of Aliens, bestowed by Maud, the Empress, to the Monastery of St. Nicholas; but granted, by Hen. VIII., to Sir William Dormer. Popula. 1,086.
1868 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER: A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, VOL 3
Wing, a par. in the hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 3 miles S.W. of Leighton-Buzzard. The village is situated near a branch of the River Ouse and the Grand Junction canal. The line of the London and North-Western railway runs along the eastern boundary of the parish, and the road from Oxford to Cambridge passes through the village. The par. includes the hmlts. of Ascott, where was once a Benedictine priory founded by the Empress Maud; Burcott, Crafton, Littleworth and Wingberry; also Wing Park, which is still enclosed, but its mansion, Ascott House, the ancient seat of the Dormers, and afterwards of the Earls of Chesterfield, has been pulled down. The living is a vic. in the dioc. of Oxford, value £340. The church, dedicated to All Saints, contains an antique font and tombs of the Dormers. The edifice has recently been restored. There are National schools for both sexes, built in 1850 by Lord Overstone, and almshouses, called Dormer's Hospital, founded in 1562 by Lady Dorothy Pelham, with an income from endowment of £60 per annum. The other charities produce about £35 per annum.
1872 IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES, VOL 2
WING, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Leighton Buzzard district, Bucks. The village stands 2 1/2 miles SW of Leighton-Buzzard r. station, and has a post-office under Leighton-Buzzard. The parish includes 4 hamlets, and comprises 5,310 acres. Real property £9,391. Pop. in 1851, 1,376; in 1861, 1,504. Houses, 306. The property is subdivided. W. park belonged to the Dormers, passed to the Earl of Chesterfield, and was bought by Lord Overstone; but the mansion of it has been taken down. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, Lord Overstone. The church is of different periods, from Saxon or early Norman onwards; and was restored in 1850. An alien priory was at Ascott. There are parochial schools, almshouses for 8 persons, and other charities £18. The subdistrict contains 3 parishes. Acres 11,010. Pop., 2,492. Houses 500.
1894 CASSELL's GAZETTEER OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, VOL 6
Wing, pa. and vil., Mid Bucks., 3 s.w. of Leighton Buzzard; ac. 5,310; soil various, overlying clay. W. was formerly a place of some importance. In 1255 a charter was granted by Henry III. for a market every Thursday and a fair for three days at Michaelmas. The church of All Saints (restored) is of various periods, and includes some Saxon work. There are monuments to the family of Fynes from 1686 to 1758, and several monuments to the Dormers, with others, ranging from 1542 to 1729. There are also brasses with effigies dating from the 15th cent. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. Dormer's Hospital was founded 1562 for eight men and women, and there are several charities. Charlotte Cottage, built 1886, is a hospital for the sick poor of the vil. W. Lodge is a seat.