Aspall

Other current and historical names

Aspala
Espala

Parish/Community: Aspall
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°14'21"N 1°10'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 616611, 264855
OS Grid: TM166648
Mapcode Local: GBR VLX.GXH
Mapcode Global: VHL9V.7ZY7

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

Aspall in the Domesday Book

A village in Hartismere hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Saxi; Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Deorwulf; Thorsten; Marculf; Gunnulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Saxi
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofeva; Godwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Churches: 0.33
6th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated); Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086
- Churches: 0.66

British Place Names

Aspall, Suffolk

Aspall is a hamlet in Suffolk

Aspall in historic gazetteers

Aspall in the Domesday Book