Haughley

Other current and historical names

Hawghlee
Hagenet
Hagala

Built-Up Area: Haughley
Parish/Community: Haughley
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'13"N 0°57'58"E
Eastings/Northings: 602705, 262181
OS Grid: TM027621
Mapcode Local: GBR SJ5.R36
Mapcode Global: VHKDG.PGL3

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

Haughley in historic gazetteers

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

Haughley, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Haughley Road), W. Suffolk, 3 miles NW. of Stowmarket, 2518 ac., pop. 881; P.O., T.O.; has ruins of an ancient castle.

Haughley in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hervey (subinfeudated); Ralph (subinfeudated); Turold (subinfeudated); Pesserera (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated); Richard (subinfeudated); Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: 8 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 42 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 18 cattle; 6 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 80 pigs; 80 goats; 6 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Haughley, Suffolk

Haughley is a village in Suffolk

Haughley in historic gazetteers

Haughley in the Domesday Book