Hunston

Other current and historical names

Hunterstuna

Parish/Community: Hunston
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'44"N 0°53'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 597625, 268495
OS Grid: TL976684
Mapcode Local: GBR SHH.572
Mapcode Global: VHKD1.GZS7

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

Hunston in historic gazetteers

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

Hunston.-- par., W. Suffolk, 8 miles NW. of Stowmarket, 957 ac., pop. 134.

Hunston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Burcard (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs
- Churches: 0.5
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Hunston, Suffolk

Hunston is a village in Suffolk

Hunston in historic gazetteers

Hunston in the Domesday Book