Bekesbourne

Other current and historical names

Beaksbourne
Brakes Bourn
Borne
Burnes

Parish/Community: Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne
District/Borough: Canterbury
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°15'27"N 1°8'38"E
Eastings/Northings: 619478, 155647
OS Grid: TR194556
Mapcode Local: GBR TYK.22N
Mapcode Global: VHLGN.SN76

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

Bekesbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Beaksbourne, par. with ry. sta., E. Kent, 3 miles SE. of Canterbury, 1141 ac., pop. 335.

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

Bekesbourne, ry. sta., E. Kent. See BEAKSBOURNE.

Bekesbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Bridge hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (farmed royal manor); Hugh de Montfort (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £12 5/- in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Woodland: 6 ¹⁄₂ swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
- Other resources: 1 salthouse; 0.5 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury St Augustine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 5 swine render
- Mills: 2, value 9/4¾

British Place Names

Bekesbourne, Kent

Bekesbourne is a village in Kent

Bekesbourne in historic gazetteers

Bekesbourne in the Domesday Book