Elsenham

Other current and historical names

Alenham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°54'51"N 0°13'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 553430, 226323
OS Grid: TL534263
Mapcode Local: GBR MD7.YM0
Mapcode Global: VHHLP.X4LT

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

Elsenham in historic gazetteers

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

Elsenham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Essex, 4½ miles NE. of Bishop Stortford, 1852 ac., pop. 468; P.O.; contains Elsenham Hall.

Elsenham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merwynn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 12 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 1000 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 8 cows; 60 pigs; 1 cob; 1 foals
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofstan
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 8 pigs; 20 goats; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 18 pigs; 1 cob; 1 calves

British Place Names

Elsenham, Essex

Elsenham is a village in Essex

Elsenham in historic gazetteers

Elsenham in the Domesday Book