Bluntisham

Other current and historical names

Bluntesham
Bluntisham Cum Earith

Built-Up Area: Bluntisham
Parish/Community: Bluntisham
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'14"N 0°0'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 536774, 274770
OS Grid: TL367747
Mapcode Local: GBR K42.GJH
Mapcode Global: VHHJG.23G8

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

Bluntisham in historic gazetteers

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

Bluntisham cum Earith, par. and ry. sta. (Bluntisham), E. Huntingdonshire, on river Ouse, 4½ m. NE. of St Ives, 3423 ac., pop. 1085; P.O. callcd Bluntisham.

Bluntisham in the Domesday Book

A village in Hurstingstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ⁵⁄₈ plough land)

British Place Names

Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire

Bluntisham is a village in Cambridgeshire

Bluntisham in historic gazetteers

Bluntisham in the Domesday Book