Barking

Other current and historical names

Berkinges
Berchingas

Built-Up Area: Barking
Parish/Community: Barking
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'4"N 1°1'12"E
Eastings/Northings: 606790, 252779
OS Grid: TM067527
Mapcode Local: GBR TLR.0QQ
Mapcode Global: VHKDW.MLNZ

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

Barking in historic gazetteers

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

Barking, par. and vil., E. Suffolk -- par., 3164 ac., pop. 1841; the vil. is about 2 miles SW. of Needham-Market.

Barking in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £20 2/- in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 30 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 52 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1086: 23 cattle; 30 pigs; 48 goats; 11 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Barking, Suffolk

Barking is a village in Suffolk

Barking in historic gazetteers

Barking in the Domesday Book