Blundeston

Other current and historical names

Dunestuna
Dunstuna

Built-Up Area: Blundeston
Parish/Community: Blundeston
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'59"N 1°42'26"E
Eastings/Northings: 651627, 297404
OS Grid: TM516974
Mapcode Local: GBR YSP.6GD
Mapcode Global: VHM6F.J0XR

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

Blundeston in historic gazetteers

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

Blundeston, par., E. Suffolk, 3½ miles NW. of Lowestoft, 1573 ac., pop. 714; P.O.

Blundeston in the Domesday Book

A village in Lothingland hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Manni Swart
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ali of Bulcamp
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 0.5 smallholders
- Woodland: 4 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086

British Place Names

Blundeston, Suffolk

Blundeston is a village in Suffolk

Blundeston in historic gazetteers

Blundeston in the Domesday Book