Pakenham

Other current and historical names

Pachenham
Upper Town
Town, Upper

Built-Up Area: Pakenham
Parish/Community: Pakenham
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'18"N 0°49'50"E
Eastings/Northings: 593238, 267528
OS Grid: TL932675
Mapcode Local: GBR RG3.DW5
Mapcode Global: VHKD6.C516

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

Pakenham in historic gazetteers

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

Pakenham, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 3696 ac., pop. 959; vil., 5 m. NE. of Bury St Edmunds; P.O., T.O.

Pakenham in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free man, one; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 10 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £25 in 1086
- Households: 44 villagers; 29 smallholders; 11 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 35 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 29 acres
- Woodland: 104 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1086: 48 cattle; 65 pigs; 3 cobs; 8 beehives

British Place Names

Pakenham, Suffolk

Pakenham is a village in Suffolk

Pakenham in historic gazetteers

Pakenham in the Domesday Book