Ardleigh

Other current and historical names

Erlega
Audly
Herlega

Built-Up Area: Ardleigh
Parish/Community: Ardleigh
District/Borough: Tendring
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'27"N 0°59'5"E
Eastings/Northings: 605330, 229311
OS Grid: TM053293
Mapcode Local: GBR SMW.9SS
Mapcode Global: VHKFV.0WYM

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

Ardleigh in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osbert
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Gournay
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Agnes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 5 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 8 pigs; 10 goats; 3 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Algar
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bondi; Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Pasture: 50 sheep
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Hastings (subinfeudated); Roger of Rames
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 10 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 2 cows; 3 cobs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); Restold (subinfeudated); Roger of Rames
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skalpi the Guard
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William de Alno (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Ardleigh, Essex

Ardleigh is a village in Essex

Ardleigh in historic gazetteers

Ardleigh in the Domesday Book