Hartest

Other current and historical names

Hertest
Herterst
Hartest Hill

Built-Up Area: Hartest
Parish/Community: Hartest
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'20"N 0°40'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 583276, 252335
OS Grid: TL832523
Mapcode Local: GBR QG3.XK9
Mapcode Global: VHJH7.PH3P

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

Hartest in historic gazetteers

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

Hartest, par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 6 miles NW. of Lavenham, 1964 ac., pop. 616; P.O.

Hartest in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 6 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £12 5/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 14 smallholders; 5 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 20 cattle; 25 pigs; 4 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 25 pigs; 4 horses at the hall
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Hartest, Suffolk

Hartest is a village in Suffolk

Hartest in historic gazetteers

Hartest in the Domesday Book