Mickfield

Other current and historical names

Mucelfelda
Mulcelfel

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'42"N 1°7'28"E
Eastings/Northings: 613565, 261651
OS Grid: TM135616
Mapcode Local: GBR TKX.93Y
Mapcode Global: VHLB0.FNVW

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

Mickfield in historic gazetteers

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

Mickfield, par. and vil., Suffolk, 3 miles SW. of Debenham, 1290 ac., pop. 255; P.O.

Mickfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Bosmere 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: Alric; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berengar of Topcroft (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 10 pigs; 21 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Churches: 0.5
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle

British Place Names

Mickfield, Suffolk

Mickfield is a village in Suffolk

Mickfield in historic gazetteers

Mickfield in the Domesday Book