Bramford

Other current and historical names

Brunfort
Bran

Built-Up Area: Bramford
Parish/Community: Bramford
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'28"N 1°5'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 612425, 246347
OS Grid: TM124463
Mapcode Local: GBR TMF.VY1
Mapcode Global: VHLBR.Z3HW

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

Bramford in historic gazetteers

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

Bramford, par. and ry. sta., E. Suffolk, on river Gipping, 3 miles NW. of Ipswich, 3226 ac., pop. 1339; P.O.

Bramford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 12 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 19 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 12 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Brun the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 10 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £22 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 9 smallholders; 3 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 ³⁄₄ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 24 cattle; 20 pigs; 6 cobs

British Place Names

Bramford, Suffolk

Bramford is a village in Suffolk

Bramford in historic gazetteers

Bramford in the Domesday Book