Beddingham

Other current and historical names

Bedingham
Belingham
Belingeham

Parish/Community: Beddingham
District/Borough: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'12"N 0°3'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 544681, 107999
OS Grid: TQ446079
Mapcode Local: GBR LRN.GGF
Mapcode Global: FRA C60V.6WJ

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

Beddingham in the Domesday Book

A village in Totnore hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated); Count of Mortain; Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 52 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £100 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £36 in 1086
- Households: 68 villagers; 21 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 34 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (33 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings
- Other resources: 4 salthouses
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Goda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers
- Plough Teams: 13 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfnoth the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Grestain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Beddingham, East Sussex

Beddingham is a hamlet in East Sussex

Beddingham in historic gazetteers

Beddingham in the Domesday Book