Hollesley

Other current and historical names

Holeslea
Hoseley

Built-Up Area: Hollesley
Parish/Community: Hollesley
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'50"N 1°25'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 635244, 244334
OS Grid: TM352443
Mapcode Local: GBR WQX.N5M
Mapcode Global: VHM8D.QSGV

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

Hollesley in historic gazetteers

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

Hollesley, par. and vil., E. Suffolk, 7 miles SE. of Woodbridge, 3987 ac. and 121 foreshore, pop. 511; P.O.

Hollesley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 6 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £13 1/12 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 12 smallholders; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 34 acres
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 30 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Glanville (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Hollesley, Suffolk

Hollesley is a village in Suffolk

Hollesley in historic gazetteers

Hollesley in the Domesday Book