Birdbrook

Other current and historical names

Bridebroc

Parish/Community: Birdbrook
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'33"N 0°29'19"E
Eastings/Northings: 570787, 241182
OS Grid: TL707411
Mapcode Local: GBR PFP.Y4K
Mapcode Global: VHJHJ.FX9F

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

Birdbrook in historic gazetteers

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

Birdbrook, par. with ry. sta., NE. Essex, 4 miles SE. of Haverhill, 2422 ac., pop. 581; P.O. A Roman camp is at Watson Bridge and a large tumulus at Ford Meadow.

Birdbrook in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 9 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 16 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 50 pigs; 25 goats; 13 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 10 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Birdbrook, Essex

Birdbrook is a village in Essex

Birdbrook in historic gazetteers

Birdbrook in the Domesday Book