Cavendish

Other current and historical names

Kauanadisc
Kauanadis
Kanauadisc
Kanauadis

Built-Up Area: Cavendish
Parish/Community: Cavendish
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'14"N 0°38'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 580606, 246494
OS Grid: TL806464
Mapcode Local: GBR QGT.588
Mapcode Global: VHJHD.YSCR

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

Cavendish in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 21 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 30 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 24 cattle; 50 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of St Germain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 15 pigs; 1 horse
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard of Clare
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Clare
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Mills: 1
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric brother of Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of St Germain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 1 acre
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the deacon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy

British Place Names

Cavendish, Suffolk

Cavendish is a village in Suffolk

Cavendish in historic gazetteers

Cavendish in the Domesday Book