Ixworth

Other current and historical names

Ikesworth
Giswortha
Ixewrda
Icse-
Thorpe By Ixworth

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'58"N 0°50'1"E
Eastings/Northings: 593324, 270608
OS Grid: TL933706
Mapcode Local: GBR RFQ.TW7
Mapcode Global: VHKD0.DGNG

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

Ixworth in historic gazetteers

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

Ixworth, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Thet, 6½ miles NE. of Bury St Edmunds, 2248 ac., pop. 1004; P.O., T.O.; Roman antiquities have been found here; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Ixworth abbey.

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

Thorpe by Ixworth, par., Suffolk, 1½ mile NW. of Ixworth and 6½ miles NE. of Bury St Edmunds, 770 ac., pop. 145; a priory was founded here in 1110.

Ixworth in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aki the Dane; Free men, twenty-five; Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Taxable Value: 7 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £8 5/- in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 22 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 men
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Ixworth, Suffolk

Ixworth is a village in Suffolk

Ixworth in historic gazetteers

Ixworth in the Domesday Book