Elmstead

Other current and historical names

Elmesteda
Almesteda

Parish/Community: Elmstead
District/Borough: Tendring
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'55"N 1°0'0"E
Eastings/Northings: 606500, 226500
OS Grid: TM065265
Mapcode Local: GBR SN3.TY6
Mapcode Global: VHKG1.9J1R

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

Elmstead in historic gazetteers

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

Elmstead.-- par. and vil., E. Essex, 4 miles E. of Colchester, 3725 ac., pop. 928; P.O.; contains Elmstead Hall.

Elmstead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Robert son of Wiuhomarch
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 36 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 500 pigs
- Pasture: 60 sheep
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 18 cattle; 30 pigs; 40 goats; 3 cobs; 5 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 32 pigs; 80 goats; 5 cobs; 2 beehives

British Place Names

Elmstead, Essex

Elmstead is a settlement in Essex

Elmstead in historic gazetteers

Elmstead in the Domesday Book