Hempstead

Other current and historical names

Hansteda

Built-Up Area: Hempstead
Parish/Community: Hempstead
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'59"N 0°22'44"E
Eastings/Northings: 563348, 238026
OS Grid: TL633380
Mapcode Local: GBR NDM.DNK
Mapcode Global: VHJHN.JK6Y

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

Hempstead in historic gazetteers

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

Hempstead.-- par. and vil., W. Essex, 6½ miles SE. of Saffron Walden, 3591 ac., pop. 631; P.O.; Dr William Harvey (1578-1657), the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, is buried here.

Hempstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Freshwell hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vatteville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 10 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs

British Place Names

Hempstead, Essex

Hempstead is a village in Essex

Hempstead in historic gazetteers

Hempstead in the Domesday Book