Denston

Other current and historical names

Denardiston
Danar-
Damar-
Danerdestuna

Parish/Community: Denston
District/Borough: St Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'45"N 0°34'17"E
Eastings/Northings: 576054, 252847
OS Grid: TL760528
Mapcode Local: GBR PDN.FB4
Mapcode Global: VHJH5.VBJ9

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

Denston in historic gazetteers

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

Denardiston, or Denston, par., W. Suffolk, 3½ miles NE. of Haverhill ry. sta., 1100 ac., pop. 266; contains the seats of Denston Hall and Denston Park.

Denston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 1 freeman; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 28 pigs; 4 goats; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gerald the marshal
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerald the marshal
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
- Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 24 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Denston, Suffolk

Denston is a village in Suffolk

Denston in historic gazetteers

Denston in the Domesday Book