Cranham

Built-Up Area: Havering
Parish/Community: Havering, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Havering
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°33'57"N 0°16'3"E
Eastings/Northings: 557267, 187659
OS Grid: TQ572876
Mapcode Local: GBR WY.04H
Mapcode Global: VHHN8.LWBZ

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

Cranham in historic gazetteers

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

Cranham.-- par., S. Essex, 4 miles SE. of Romford, 1879 ac., pop. 416.

Cranham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 500 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 4 foals
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Cranham, Havering

Cranham is a suburban area in Havering, Havering

Cranham in historic gazetteers

Cranham in the Domesday Book