Alphamstone

Other current and historical names

Alfelmestuna

Parish/Community: Alphamstone
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'5"N 0°43'54"E
Eastings/Northings: 587698, 235347
OS Grid: TL876353
Mapcode Local: GBR QJ3.KW2
Mapcode Global: VHKFH.MCTQ

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

Alphamstone in historic gazetteers

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

Alphamstone, par., E. Essex, 4 miles NE. of Harstead, 1596 ac., pop. 249.

Alphamstone in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, fifteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 3 smallholders; 15 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Deorwulf; Hold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Alphamstone, Essex

Alphamstone is a village in Essex

Alphamstone in historic gazetteers

Alphamstone in the Domesday Book