Gedding

Other current and historical names

Geldinga
Gedinga
Felsham

Parish/Community: Gedding
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°11'7"N 0°51'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 595081, 257969
OS Grid: TL950579
Mapcode Local: GBR RH3.SCB
Mapcode Global: VHKDL.QBDF

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

Gedding in historic gazetteers

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

Gedding, par., W. Suffolk, 6½ miles SW. of Stow. market, 521 ac., pop. 102.

Gedding in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 5 acres

British Place Names

Gedding, Suffolk

Gedding is a village in Suffolk

Gedding in historic gazetteers

Gedding in the Domesday Book