Barnham

Other current and historical names

Bernham
Berham

Parish/Community: Barnham
District/Borough: St Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'42"N 0°44'49"E
Eastings/Northings: 587086, 279166
OS Grid: TL870791
Mapcode Local: GBR RDM.XBR
Mapcode Global: VHKCK.WGWX

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

Barnham in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skuli, a royal thane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 25 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 14 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwy of Thetford; Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Stanhard son of Alwy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 14 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 14 pigs; 1 cob; 12 wild mares
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher de Mayneris (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £2 5/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Churches: 0.5
- Mills: 1
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bosten of Barnham
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bosten of Barnham; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Golda (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ³⁄₄ men's plough
- Animals in 1066: 13 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 1 cob
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Barnham, Suffolk

Barnham is a village in Suffolk

Barnham in historic gazetteers

Barnham in the Domesday Book