Henfield

Other current and historical names

Hamfeldt
Hamfelde

Built-Up Area: Henfield
Parish/Community: Henfield
District/Borough: Horsham
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'54"N 0°16'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 521509, 116140
OS Grid: TQ215161
Mapcode Local: GBR HL8.HZ7
Mapcode Global: FRA B69N.5RB

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

Henfield in historic gazetteers

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

Henfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Sussex, 4 miles NE. of Steyning and 11 miles S. of Horsham, 4518 ac., pop. 1890; P.O. T.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Henfield House.

Henfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Henfield hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chichester St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chichester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chichester; William, a man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 25 smallholders; 3 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 3 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Henfield, West Sussex

Henfield is a village in West Sussex

Henfield in historic gazetteers

Henfield in the Domesday Book