Anstey

Other current and historical names

Anestei
Anestie
Anestige
Snow End

Parish/Community: Anstey
District/Borough: East Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'40"N 0°2'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 540588, 233031
OS Grid: TL405330
Mapcode Local: GBR L9X.SDM
Mapcode Global: VHHL6.QKX0

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

Anstey in historic gazetteers

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

Anstey.-- par., NE. Herts, 3½ miles NE. of Buntingford, 2150 ac., pop. 391.

Anstey in the Domesday Book

A village in Edwinstree hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £14 in 1070; £14 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 5 cottagers; 6 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 50 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 1 slave
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 12 pigs

British Place Names

Anstey, Hertfordshire

Anstey is a village in Hertfordshire

Anstey in historic gazetteers

Anstey in the Domesday Book