Aldham

Other current and historical names

Aldeham

Parish/Community: Aldham
District/Borough: Colchester
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'52"N 0°47'9"E
Eastings/Northings: 591784, 225814
OS Grid: TL917258
Mapcode Local: GBR RLH.TTM
Mapcode Global: VHKFX.KKXF

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

Aldham in historic gazetteers

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

Aldham.-- par., E. Essex, 5 miles NE. of Coggeshall, 1847 ac., pop. 433.

Aldham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aubrey de Vere's wife (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Aldham, Essex

Aldham is a village in Essex

Aldham in historic gazetteers

Aldham in the Domesday Book