Earley

Other current and historical names

Early
Earleigh
Herlei
Er
Earleigh Earley

Built-Up Area: Reading
Parish/Community: Earley
Unitary Authority: Wokingham
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°26'15"N 0°55'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 474243, 171506
OS Grid: SU742715
Mapcode Local: GBR QWN.F2
Mapcode Global: VHDX0.R4Z6

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

Earley in historic gazetteers

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

Earley, township and vil. with ry. sta., Sonning par., Berks, 2½ miles SE. of Reading, 2252 ac. (42 water), pop. 4463; P.O., T.O.; contains Earley Park.

Earley in the Domesday Book

A village in Charldon hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 70 swine render
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Dunn of Brimpsfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern Giffard
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Earley, Wokingham

Earley is a suburban area in Reading, Wokingham

Earley in historic gazetteers

Earley in the Domesday Book