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Beverstone
- Hundred: Berkeley
- County: Gloucestershire
- Total population: 28.1 households (quite large).
- Total tax assessed: 5.6 geld units (quite large).
- Head of manor: Berkeley.
- Taxable units: Taxable value 124 geld units. Taxed on 124.0.
- Value: Value to lord in 1086 £170.
- Households: 262 villagers. 147 smallholders. 136 slaves. 15 female slaves. 58 other.
- Ploughland: 49.5 ploughlands (were there). 5 lord's plough teams. 192 men's plough teams.
- Other resources: 10 mills, value 3.47.
- Lord in 1066: King Edward.
- Lords in 1086: King William; riding men, ten.
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.
- Places mentioned in this entry: Alkington; Almondsbury; Arlingham; Ashleworth; Berkeley; Beverstone; Cam; Coaley; Cromhall [Abbots]; Dursley; Elberton; Gossington; Hill; Hinton; Horfield; Kingscote; Kingsweston; Nympsfield; Ozleworth; Symonds Hall; Uley; Wotton [-under-Edge].
- Phillimore reference: 1,15