Crowfield

Other current and historical names

Crofelda

Built-Up Area: Crowfield
Parish/Community: Crowfield
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'25"N 1°8'50"E
Eastings/Northings: 615299, 257505
OS Grid: TM152575
Mapcode Local: GBR TLB.NVX
Mapcode Global: VHLB6.TMVF

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

Crowfield in historic gazetteers

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

Crowfield, par., E. Suffolk, 4 miles NE. of Needham Market, 1721 ac., pop. 356.

Crowfield in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Woodbrown; Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 1/- in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; £1 2/12 in 1086
- Meadow: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric the steersman
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric the steersman; Wigulf of Coddenham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 3/2½ in 1070; 11/2½ in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 12 pigs; 4 cobs

British Place Names

Crowfield, Suffolk

Crowfield is a village in Suffolk

Crowfield in historic gazetteers

Crowfield in the Domesday Book