Mettingham

Other current and historical names

Metingaham

Parish/Community: Mettingham
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'25"N 1°28'27"E
Eastings/Northings: 636148, 290010
OS Grid: TM361900
Mapcode Local: GBR XM8.TVR
Mapcode Global: VHM6H.HHST

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

Mettingham in historic gazetteers

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

Mettingham, par. and vil., Suffolk, 2 miles E. of Bungay, 1386 ac., pop. 366; P.O.; Mettingham Castle, ruin (with seat), dates from time of Edward III.

Mettingham in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlords in 1066: Wulfsi; Aelfric
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin son of Burnin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 18 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 2 pigs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Mettingham, Suffolk

Mettingham is a village in Suffolk

Mettingham in historic gazetteers

Mettingham in the Domesday Book