Abberton

Other current and historical names

Edburgetuna
Edburghetuna

Built-Up Area: Abberton
Parish/Community: Abberton
District/Borough: Colchester
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°50'17"N 0°54'32"E
Eastings/Northings: 600500, 219500
OS Grid: TM005195
Mapcode Local: GBR SNR.NMF
Mapcode Global: VHKGC.P2W7

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Abberton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Abberton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Abberton.-- par., E. Essex, on Roman road, 4 miles S. of Corchester, 1068 ac., pop. 244; P.O.

Abberton in the Domesday Book

A village in Winstree hundred, in the county of Essex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Marcy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 30 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 5 acres

British Place Names

Abberton, Essex

Abberton is a village in Essex

Abberton in historic gazetteers

Abberton in the Domesday Book