Assington

Other current and historical names

Asetona

Built-Up Area: Assington
Parish/Community: Assington
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'27"N 0°48'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 593409, 238101
OS Grid: TL934381
Mapcode Local: GBR RKC.387
Mapcode Global: VHKFC.3SJV

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

Assington in historic gazetteers

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

Assington, par. and seat, W. Suffolk, 5 miles SE. of Sudbury, 2986 ac., pop. 735; P.O.

Assington in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Siward Barn
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn; Free men, five; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: 8 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 55 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 24 cattle; 100 pigs; 14 beehives; 6 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 23 cattle; 60 pigs; 12 goats; 6 beehives; 5 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Assington, Suffolk

Assington is a village in Suffolk

Assington in historic gazetteers

Assington in the Domesday Book