Offham

Other current and historical names

Ofeham

Built-Up Area: Offham
Parish/Community: Offham
District/Borough: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'30"N 0°22'23"E
Eastings/Northings: 565574, 157404
OS Grid: TQ655574
Mapcode Local: GBR NP9.Z10
Mapcode Global: VHJM4.FS5N

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

Offham in historic gazetteers

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

Offham.-- par. and vil., Kent, 7 miles NW. of Maidstone, 711 ac., pop. 358.

Offham in the Domesday Book

A village in Larkfield hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil of Rots (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Offham, Kent

Offham is a village in Kent

Offham in historic gazetteers

Offham in the Domesday Book