Dengie

Other current and historical names

Dengry
Dengy
Dauncing
Daneseia

Parish/Community: Asheldham
District/Borough: Maldon
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°40'37"N 0°52'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 598500, 201500
OS Grid: TL985015
Mapcode Local: GBR RP9.YGB
Mapcode Global: VHKH4.133L

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

Dengie in historic gazetteers

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

Dengie, coast par., E. Essex, 11 miles SE. of Maldon ry. sta., 2414 ac., pop. 300.

Dengie in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 5/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Pasture: 200 sheep
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siric; Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 4/- in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; £5 4/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Pasture: 160 sheep
- Animals in 1086: 13 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Dengie, Essex

Dengie is a hamlet in Essex

Dengie in historic gazetteers

Dengie in the Domesday Book