Erwarton

Other current and historical names

Arwerton
Arwenton
Alwartuna
Eurewardestuna

Parish/Community: Arwarton
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'55"N 1°13'26"E
Eastings/Northings: 621574, 234558
OS Grid: TM215345
Mapcode Local: GBR VQ8.Q8M
Mapcode Global: VHLC7.5VFS

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

Erwarton in historic gazetteers

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

Erwarton, par., E. Suffolk, on river Stour, 9 miles SE. of Ipswich, 1306 ac., pop. 174.

Erwarton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Other resources: 0.25 salthouses
- Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 26 pigs; 4 goats; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ailbern of Wratting
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough

British Place Names

Erwarton, Suffolk

Erwarton is a hamlet in Suffolk

Erwarton in historic gazetteers

Erwarton in the Domesday Book