Kersey

Other current and historical names

Cereseia

Parish/Community: Kersey
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'30"N 0°55'3"E
Eastings/Northings: 600117, 244035
OS Grid: TM001440
Mapcode Local: GBR SL1.YLS
Mapcode Global: VHKF6.VJG7

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

Kersey in historic gazetteers

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

Kersey, par. and vil., Suffolk, 2½ miles NW. of Hadleigh, 1510 ac., pop. 495; P.O.

Kersey in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 3/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 18 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 36 pigs; 1 cob; 3 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 9½d in 1086

British Place Names

Kersey, Suffolk

Kersey is a village in Suffolk

Kersey in historic gazetteers

Kersey in the Domesday Book