Langham

Other current and historical names

Langhall
Stock Hill

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'32"N 0°53'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 597718, 269988
OS Grid: TL977699
Mapcode Local: GBR SH9.CSG
Mapcode Global: VHKD1.HNZ0

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

Langham in historic gazetteers

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

Langham, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Elmswell, 951 ac., pop. 204; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Langham Hall.

Langham 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
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Haret; Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ³⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 30 pigs; 7 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 16 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Langham, Suffolk

Langham is a hamlet in Suffolk

Langham in historic gazetteers

Langham in the Domesday Book