Brightwell

Other current and historical names

Brihtewelle

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'25"N 1°16'44"E
Eastings/Northings: 624979, 243061
OS Grid: TM249430
Mapcode Local: GBR VPL.05R
Mapcode Global: VHLBW.4Z09

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

Brightwell in historic gazetteers

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

Brightwell.-- par., E. Suffolk, 5 miles SE. of Ipswich, 1114 ac., pop. 68.

Brightwell in the Domesday Book

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

- 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: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 freeman; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 8 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 8 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Brightwell, Suffolk

Brightwell is a hamlet in Suffolk

Brightwell in historic gazetteers

Brightwell in the Domesday Book