Kingston

Other current and historical names

Kyngestuna
Broom Hill

Built-Up Area: Woodbridge
Parish/Community: Woodbridge
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'46"N 1°18'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 626500, 247500
OS Grid: TM265475
Mapcode Local: GBR WQC.LJJ
Mapcode Global: VHLBP.KZ9R

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

Kingston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Kingston, Suffolk

Kingston is a settlement in Woodbridge, Suffolk

Kingston in the Domesday Book