Elsted

Other current and historical names

Halestede

Parish/Community: Elsted and Treyford
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°58'11"N 0°50'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 481617, 119593
OS Grid: SU816195
Mapcode Local: GBR CCT.4PG
Mapcode Global: FRA 964K.0YZ

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

Elsted in historic gazetteers

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

Elsted, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Sussex, 4½ miles W. of Midhurst, 1840 ac., pop. 208; the vil. is 1 mile S. of sta.

Elsted in the Domesday Book

A village in Dumpford hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Exeter St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Osbern the cleric (subinfeudated); Ralph the priest (subinfeudated); Bishop of Exeter; Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 13 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 23 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Pasture: 1 grazing for pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Elsted, West Sussex

Elsted is a village in West Sussex

Elsted in historic gazetteers

Elsted in the Domesday Book