Debden

Other current and historical names

Depden

Built-Up Area: Debden
Parish/Community: Debden
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'38"N 0°15'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 555539, 233418
OS Grid: TL555334
Mapcode Local: GBR MCJ.TM7
Mapcode Global: VHHLB.HKZD

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

Debden in historic gazetteers

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

Debden, par. and vil., W. Essex, 3 miles S. of Saffron Walden ry. sta., 4653 ac., pop. 816; P.O.; contains Debden Hall.

Debden in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Vitalis (subinfeudated); Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: 16 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £30 in 1086
- Households: 36 villagers; 17 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 1000 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 28 cattle; 250 pigs; 6 cobs; 6 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 110 pigs; 3 goats; 7 cobs; 2 foals

British Place Names

Debden, Essex

Debden is a village in Essex

Debden in historic gazetteers

Debden in the Domesday Book