Borley

Other current and historical names

Barlea

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'20"N 0°41'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 584422, 243108
OS Grid: TL844431
Mapcode Local: GBR QH9.0WW
Mapcode Global: VHJHM.WLBG

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

Borley in historic gazetteers

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

Borley.-- par., NE. Essex, 2½ miles NW. of Sudbury, 795 ac., pop. 210; contains Borley Green P.O.

Borley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess of Aumale
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess of Aumale
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 28 pigs; 24 goats; 2 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Grim; Godiva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Meadow: 9 acres

British Place Names

Borley, Essex

Borley is a hamlet in Essex

Borley in historic gazetteers

Borley in the Domesday Book