Haverhill

Other current and historical names

Haveril
Hauerhella
Hauerha

Built-Up Area: Haverhill
Parish/Community: Haverhill
District/Borough: St Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'59"N 0°26'17"E
Eastings/Northings: 567152, 245571
OS Grid: TL671455
Mapcode Local: GBR NCX.9LG
Mapcode Global: VHJH9.JWYV

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

Haverhill in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Clarenbald of Haverhill
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Tihel of Helléan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tihel of Helléan
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 13/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 20 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Woodland: 7 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fridebert of Ockendon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
4th 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: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4/4¾ in 1086
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tihel of Helléan (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
6th Manor
- 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
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086

British Place Names

Haverhill, Suffolk

Haverhill is a town in Suffolk

Haverhill in historic gazetteers

Haverhill in the Domesday Book