Berden

Other current and historical names

Bearden
Berdon
Berdane

Parish/Community: Berden
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'45"N 0°8'7"E
Eastings/Northings: 546866, 229669
OS Grid: TL468296
Mapcode Local: GBR LBD.YX3
Mapcode Global: VHHLG.9BFZ

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

Berden in historic gazetteers

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

Berden, or Berdon, par., W. Essex, 6 miles NW. of Bishop Stortford, 1800 ac., pop. 36.

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

Bearden, 5 miles from Newport, NW. Essex; P.O.

Berden in the Domesday Book

A village in Clavering hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: Robert son of Wiuhomarch
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 14 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 21 pigs; 8 goats; 3 cobs; 1 beehive

British Place Names

Berden, Essex

Berden is a village in Essex

Berden in historic gazetteers

Berden in the Domesday Book