Henham

Other current and historical names

Henham On The Hill

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'0"N 0°14'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 554647, 228492
OS Grid: TL546284
Mapcode Local: GBR MD2.PJ8
Mapcode Global: VHHLJ.7NYN

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

Henham in historic gazetteers

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

Henham.-- (or Henham on the Hill), par. and vil., W. Essex, 6 miles NE. of Bishop Stortford, 2995 ac., pop. 812; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Henham Hall.

Henham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 13 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 38 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 80 pigs; 3 cobs; 10 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough

British Place Names

Henham, Essex

Henham is a village in Essex

Henham in historic gazetteers

Henham in the Domesday Book