Fairstead

Other current and historical names

Fairsted
Fairsteda

Parish/Community: Fairstead
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°49'20"N 0°33'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 576979, 216868
OS Grid: TL769168
Mapcode Local: GBR PJJ.L2W
Mapcode Global: VHJJQ.RGV9

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

Fairstead in historic gazetteers

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

Fairsted, par., E. Essex, 4 miles NW. of Witham, 1877 ac., pop. 289.

Fairstead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Pasture: 4 value
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 6 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cows; 32 pigs; 2 cobs; 3 beehives; 4 calves

British Place Names

Fairstead, Essex

Fairstead is a hamlet in Essex

Fairstead in historic gazetteers

Fairstead in the Domesday Book