Iford

Other current and historical names

Ilford
Niworde

Parish/Community: Iford
District/Borough: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'45"N 0°0'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 540987, 107087
OS Grid: TQ409070
Mapcode Local: GBR KQ8.TBW
Mapcode Global: FRA B6WV.Y01

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

Iford in historic gazetteers

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

Iford, par., E. Sussex, 2½ miles SW. of Lewes, 2200 ac., pop. 181; P.O.; has interesting Norman church; contains the seat of Iford Manor.

Iford in the Domesday Book

A village in Swanborough hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Tosard (subinfeudated); Hugh son of Golda (subinfeudated); Abbey of Lewes (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 58 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £41 15/- in 1086
- Households: 107 villagers; 36 smallholders; 6 slaves; 26 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 37 men's ploughs (52 plough lands)
- Meadow: 208 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value £1 2/12

British Place Names

Iford, East Sussex

Iford is a village in East Sussex

Iford in historic gazetteers

Iford in the Domesday Book