Milden

Other current and historical names

Mellinga

Parish/Community: Milden
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'48"N 0°50'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 595148, 246245
OS Grid: TL951462
Mapcode Local: GBR RJF.JV4
Mapcode Global: VHKDZ.MZC6

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

Milden in historic gazetteers

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

Milden, par., Suffolk, on river Brett, 5J miles NW. of Hadleigh, 1339 ac., pop. 179.

Milden in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 1/12 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 12 goats; 2 horses
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 22 pigs; 16 goats; 2 horses
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough

British Place Names

Milden, Suffolk

Milden is a hamlet in Suffolk

Milden in historic gazetteers

Milden in the Domesday Book