Bedfield

Other current and historical names

Berdefelda

Built-Up Area: Bedfield Long Green
Parish/Community: Bedfield
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'10"N 1°15'0"E
Eastings/Northings: 621936, 266602
OS Grid: TM219666
Mapcode Local: GBR VLT.QW5
Mapcode Global: VHL9W.MM7V

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

Bedfield in historic gazetteers

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

Bedfield, par., E. Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Framlingham, 1268 ac., pop. 375; P.O.

Bedfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Alfhere
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 23 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 9 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 60 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Bedfield, Suffolk

Bedfield is a village in Bedfield Long Green, Suffolk

Bedfield in historic gazetteers

Bedfield in the Domesday Book