Chillesford

Other current and historical names

Cesefortda

Parish/Community: Chillesford
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'0"N 1°29'3"E
Eastings/Northings: 638640, 252213
OS Grid: TM386522
Mapcode Local: GBR XRJ.B1H
Mapcode Global: VHM87.P205

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

Chillesford in historic gazetteers

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

Chillesford, par., E. Suffolk, on river Butley, 4 m. SE. of Wickham Market Junction, 1853 ac., pop. 233.

Chillesford in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Chillesford, Suffolk

Chillesford is a village in Suffolk

Chillesford in historic gazetteers

Chillesford in the Domesday Book