Creeksea

Other current and historical names

Cricksea
Crixea
Criccheseia
Creeksea Cricksea

Parish/Community: Burnham-on-Crouch
District/Borough: Maldon
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°37'59"N 0°47'30"E
Eastings/Northings: 593304, 196389
OS Grid: TQ933963
Mapcode Local: GBR RPS.H0Z
Mapcode Global: VHKH8.N6XX

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

Creeksea in historic gazetteers

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

Creeksea, or Crixea, par., E. Essex, on river Crouch, 8½ miles SE. of Maldon ry. sta., 867 ac., pop. 147.

Creeksea in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein of Essex (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/12 in 1066; £1 2/12 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Pasture: 20 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Modwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Modwin
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Pasture: 40 sheep
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodric Pointel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Creeksea, Essex

Creeksea is a hamlet in Essex

Creeksea in historic gazetteers

Creeksea in the Domesday Book