Blythburgh

Other current and historical names

Blithburgh
Blithborow
Blieburc
Blideburc
Blede-

Parish/Community: Blythburgh
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'10"N 1°35'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 645278, 275161
OS Grid: TM452751
Mapcode Local: GBR YX0.GQT
Mapcode Global: VHM74.MYYL

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

Blythburgh in historic gazetteers

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

Blythburgh, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Suffolk, on river Blyth, 4½ miles SE. of Halesworth, 4116 ac., pop. 821.

Blythburgh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Osbern Male (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 10 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £50 in 1070; £25 10/- in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 59 smallholders; 7 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ⁷⁄₈ lord's plough; 31 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 90 pigs
- Churches: 3

British Place Names

Blythburgh, Suffolk

Blythburgh is a village in Suffolk

Blythburgh in historic gazetteers

Blythburgh in the Domesday Book