Henstead

Other current and historical names

Henestede

Parish/Community: Henstead with Hulver Street
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'53"N 1°40'0"E
Eastings/Northings: 649456, 285983
OS Grid: TM494859
Mapcode Local: GBR YVC.G7N
Mapcode Global: VHM6S.VK1L

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

Henstead in historic gazetteers

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

Henstead, par. and vil., E. Suffolk, 5 miles SE. of Beccles, 1918 ac., pop. 537.

Henstead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Edric of Laxfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey of Pierrepont (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 9 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 12 pigs; 20 goats

British Place Names

Henstead, Suffolk

Henstead is a village in Suffolk

Henstead in historic gazetteers

Henstead in the Domesday Book