Frostenden

Other current and historical names

Froxedena
Clay Common

Parish/Community: Frostenden
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'19"N 1°38'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 648322, 281158
OS Grid: TM483811
Mapcode Local: GBR YW6.93M
Mapcode Global: VHM6Z.HMBT

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

Frostenden in historic gazetteers

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

Frostenden, par., E. Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Southwold, 1310 ac., pop. 386.

Frostenden in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil; Free men, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated); Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 16/12 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 20 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Churches: 2
- Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 60 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 13 pigs; 24 goats; 1 cob; 2 beehives

British Place Names

Frostenden, Suffolk

Frostenden is a village in Suffolk

Frostenden in historic gazetteers

Frostenden in the Domesday Book