Hamsey

Other current and historical names

Hame

Parish/Community: Hamsey
District/Borough: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'53"N 0°0'9"E
Eastings/Northings: 540929, 112879
OS Grid: TQ409128
Mapcode Local: GBR KPP.MHJ
Mapcode Global: FRA B6WQ.QVY

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

Hamsey in historic gazetteers

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

Hamsey, par., E. Sussex, on river Ouse, 1¾ mile N. of Lewes, 2745 ac., pop. 553.

Hamsey in the Domesday Book

A village in Barcombe hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva Beteslau
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); Ralph of Quesnay (subinfeudated); Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 14 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 14 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Hamsey, East Sussex

Hamsey is a hamlet in East Sussex

Hamsey in historic gazetteers

Hamsey in the Domesday Book