Cratfield

Other current and historical names

Cratafelda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'35"N 1°23'27"E
Eastings/Northings: 631163, 275223
OS Grid: TM311752
Mapcode Local: GBR WMK.4GY
Mapcode Global: VHM71.2S5G

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

Cratfield in historic gazetteers

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

Cratfield, par., E. Suffolk, 6 miles SW. of Halesworth ry. sta., 2085 ac., pop. 495; P.O.

Cratfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil; Freemen, five; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William Baynard nephew of Ralph Baynard (subinfeudated); Ralph Baynard; 1 free man (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 11/12 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 34 smallholders; 1 slave; 7 other
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 262 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 40 pigs; 26 goats; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 47 pigs; 32 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Cratfield, Suffolk

Cratfield is a village in Suffolk

Cratfield in historic gazetteers

Cratfield in the Domesday Book