Harleston

Other current and historical names

Harlston
Heroluetuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'7"N 0°56'40"E
Eastings/Northings: 601317, 260062
OS Grid: TM013600
Mapcode Local: GBR SJB.ZKL
Mapcode Global: VHKDG.BX6B

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

Harleston in historic gazetteers

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

Harleston, par., W. Suffolk, 2 miles NW. of Stowmarket, 615 ac., pop. 76.

Harleston in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Adelund of Newton (subinfeudated); Peter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 6/- in 1066; £1 6/- in 1070; £1 6/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 11 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Harleston, Suffolk

Harleston is a hamlet in Suffolk

Harleston in historic gazetteers

Harleston in the Domesday Book