Flamstead

Other current and historical names

Flamsted
Flammestede
Verlamstedt

Built-Up Area: Flamstead
Parish/Community: Flamstead
District/Borough: Dacorum
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°49'10"N 0°26'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 507808, 214593
OS Grid: TL078145
Mapcode Local: GBR G5W.XZ8
Mapcode Global: VHFRT.CJNG

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

Flamstead in historic gazetteers

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

Flamstead, par. and vil., Herts, 7 miles NW. of St Albans, 6004 ac., pop. 1846; P.O., T.O.

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

Verlamstedt, ancient name of Flamstead: which see.

Flamstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Danish hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aki the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £9 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 7 cottagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1000 pigs

British Place Names

Flamstead, Hertfordshire

Flamstead is a village in Hertfordshire

Flamstead in historic gazetteers

Flamstead in the Domesday Book