Hawstead

Other current and historical names

Halstead
Haldsteda
Hersteda

Parish/Community: Hawstead
District/Borough: St Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°11'53"N 0°43'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 585926, 259031
OS Grid: TL859590
Mapcode Local: GBR QFL.2MJ
Mapcode Global: VHKDJ.F00P

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

Hawstead in historic gazetteers

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

Hawstead, par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 4 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds, 2237 ac. (including Hardwick), pop. 321.

Hawstead in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Otto the goldsmith (subinfeudated); Albold the priest (subinfeudated); Peter (subinfeudated); Agenet (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 21 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 13 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 3 pigs
- Churches: 1
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: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Hawstead, Suffolk

Hawstead is a hamlet in Suffolk

Hawstead in historic gazetteers

Hawstead in the Domesday Book