Homersfield

Other current and historical names

Humbresfelda

Parish/Community: St. Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°25'13"N 1°21'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 628480, 285568
OS Grid: TM284855
Mapcode Local: GBR WLC.8B4
Mapcode Global: VHL95.HFMG

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

Homersfield in historic gazetteers

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

Homersfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Suffolk, on riverWaveney, 4 m. SW. of Bungay, 981 ac., pop. 144.

Homersfield in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 12 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 26 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 26 pigs; 3 horses
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, twenty-three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 6/7¼ in 1066; £1 19/2½ in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Homersfield, Suffolk

Homersfield is a village in Suffolk

Homersfield in historic gazetteers

Homersfield in the Domesday Book