Hundon

Other current and historical names

Hunedana
Hunendana
Babel Green

Built-Up Area: Hundon
Parish/Community: Hundon
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'35"N 0°32'11"E
Eastings/Northings: 573790, 248756
OS Grid: TL737487
Mapcode Local: GBR PDZ.QFS
Mapcode Global: VHJHC.77YG

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

Hundon in historic gazetteers

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

Hundon, par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 3½ miles NW. of Clare, 4461 ac., pop. 885; P.O.

Hundon in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 25 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £40 4/- in 1070; £40 4/- in 1086
- Households: 41 villagers; 30 smallholders; 14 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 48 acres
- Woodland: 160 pigs
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 14 cattle; 130 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 31 cattle; 160 pigs; 6 cobs; 17 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Haimo (subinfeudated); Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 11 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Hundon, Suffolk

Hundon is a village in Suffolk

Hundon in historic gazetteers

Hundon in the Domesday Book