Bucklesham

Other current and historical names

Buclesham
Bukelesham

Built-Up Area: Bucklesham
Parish/Community: Bucklesham
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'48"N 1°16'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 624352, 241912
OS Grid: TM243419
Mapcode Local: GBR VPK.PPD
Mapcode Global: VHLC1.Y79H

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

Bucklesham in historic gazetteers

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

Bucklesham, par., W. Suffolk, 5 miles SE. of Ipswich, 1835 ac., pop. 321; P.O.

Bucklesham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirty; Edric; Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Nigel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Berry (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

British Place Names

Bucklesham, Suffolk

Bucklesham is a village in Suffolk

Bucklesham in historic gazetteers

Bucklesham in the Domesday Book