Culford

Other current and historical names

Culeforda
Culfurther

Built-Up Area: Culford
Parish/Community: Culford
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'48"N 0°41'34"E
Eastings/Northings: 583732, 269936
OS Grid: TL837699
Mapcode Local: GBR QD6.VCG
Mapcode Global: VHJGG.YJPM

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

Culford in historic gazetteers

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

Culford, par., W. Suffolk, 4½ miles NW. of Bury St Edmunds, 2217 ac., pop. 299; P.O.; contains C. Hall.

Culford in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter the steward (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 9 smallholders; 18 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 ³⁄₄ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 2 pigs

British Place Names

Culford, Suffolk

Culford is a village in Suffolk

Culford in historic gazetteers

Culford in the Domesday Book