Buttsbury

Other current and historical names

Cinga

Parish/Community: Stock
District/Borough: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°39'38"N 0°24'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 566500, 198500
OS Grid: TQ665985
Mapcode Local: GBR NJX.TP0
Mapcode Global: VHJKD.ZJFB

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

Buttsbury in historic gazetteers

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

Buttsbury, par., W. Essex, 6½ miles SW. of Chelmsford, 2113 ac., pop. 452.

Buttsbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry's steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 12 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 500 pigs
- Pasture: 100 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 20 cattle; 50 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 40 pigs

British Place Names

Buttsbury, Essex

Buttsbury is a settlement in Essex

Buttsbury in historic gazetteers

Buttsbury in the Domesday Book