Canewdon

Other current and historical names

Carenduna

Built-Up Area: Canewdon
Parish/Community: Canewdon
District/Borough: Rochford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°37'2"N 0°44'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 590164, 194524
OS Grid: TQ901945
Mapcode Local: GBR RPX.H9P
Mapcode Global: VHKH7.VLYY

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

Canewdon in historic gazetteers

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

Canewdon, par. and vil., S. Essex, on river Crouch, 3½ miles NE. of Rochford, 5239 ac. and 586 ac. tidal water and foreshore, pop. 714; P.O.

Canewdon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort (subinfeudated); Gerald (subinfeudated); John (subinfeudated); Swein of Essex
- Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £13 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 15 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
- Pasture: 600 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 24 pigs; 4 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Canewdon, Essex

Canewdon is a village in Essex

Canewdon in historic gazetteers

Canewdon in the Domesday Book