Levington

Other current and historical names

Leventona
Levetuna

Parish/Community: Levington
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'21"N 1°15'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 623320, 239156
OS Grid: TM233391
Mapcode Local: GBR VPX.CF7
Mapcode Global: VHLC1.NVD4

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

Levington in historic gazetteers

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

Levington, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Orwell, 5 miles SE. of Ipswich, 1026 ac., pop. 167; P.O.

Levington in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bourneville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

British Place Names

Levington, Suffolk

Levington is a village in Suffolk

Levington in historic gazetteers

Levington in the Domesday Book