Broxted

Other current and historical names

Brochesteuot
Brocchesteuot

Parish/Community: Broxted
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'13"N 0°17'38"E
Eastings/Northings: 557852, 227133
OS Grid: TL578271
Mapcode Local: GBR MDB.H5C
Mapcode Global: VHHLK.1ZRP

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

Broxted in historic gazetteers

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

Broxted, par., NW. Essex, on river Chelmer, 4½ miles NW. of Dunmow, 3194 ac., pop. 697; P.O. Broxton.-- hundred, W. Cheshire, 77,875 ac., pop. 20,522; contains 5 pars. and parts of 5 others.

Broxted in the Domesday Book

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

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
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 250 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 16 cattle; 2 cobs; 2 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 2 cobs; 2 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 16 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 33 pigs

British Place Names

Broxted, Essex

Broxted is a village in Essex

Broxted in historic gazetteers

Broxted in the Domesday Book