Eriswell

Other current and historical names

Hereswella

Parish/Community: Eriswell
District/Borough: Forest Heath
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'28"N 0°31'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 572272, 278189
OS Grid: TL722781
Mapcode Local: GBR P9W.2N9
Mapcode Global: VHJG0.4K5X

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

Eriswell in historic gazetteers

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

Eriswell, par., W. Suffolk, 2½ miles NE. of Mildenhall, 6620 ac., pop. 441.

Eriswell in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Mundon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders; 11 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2.5
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 20 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Eriswell, Suffolk

Eriswell is a village in Suffolk

Eriswell in historic gazetteers

Eriswell in the Domesday Book