Bawdsey

Other current and historical names

Baldeseia
Baldereseia

Parish/Community: Bawdsey
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'33"N 1°25'7"E
Eastings/Northings: 634717, 240044
OS Grid: TM347400
Mapcode Local: GBR WR8.ZDW
Mapcode Global: VHM8L.JRVM

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

Bawdsey in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 3/2½ in 1066; £2 3/2½ in 1070; £2 3/2½ in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 13 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 19 acres
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 11 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seventeen; Edric of Laxfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Glanville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 15/- in 1066; £2 12/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twelve and one half
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; £1 12/12 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Churches: 1
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Godric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Bawdsey, Suffolk

Bawdsey is a village in Suffolk

Bawdsey in historic gazetteers

Bawdsey in the Domesday Book