Gestingthorpe

Other current and historical names

Guestingthorpe
Glestingethorp
Ghestingetorp

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'5"N 0°38'19"E
Eastings/Northings: 581167, 238816
OS Grid: TL811388
Mapcode Local: GBR QHM.DB4
Mapcode Global: VHJHT.1J1P

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

Gestingthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Gestingthorpe, par. and vil., E. Essex, 4 miles SW. of Sudbury, 2709 ac., pop. 662; P.O.

Gestingthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Otto the goldsmith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Otto the goldsmith
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 20 smallholders; 11 freemen; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 32 cattle; 88 pigs; 3 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodmer the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peche (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 11 smallholders; 1 freeman; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 21 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs

British Place Names

Gestingthorpe, Essex

Gestingthorpe is a village in Essex

Gestingthorpe in historic gazetteers

Gestingthorpe in the Domesday Book