Palgrave

Other current and historical names

Palegrava

Built-Up Area: Palgrave
Parish/Community: Palgrave
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'46"N 1°6'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 611514, 278413
OS Grid: TM115784
Mapcode Local: GBR THY.XWF
Mapcode Global: VHL97.3VKZ

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

Palgrave in historic gazetteers

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

Palgrave.-- par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Eye, 1474 ac., pop. 748; P.O.

Palgrave in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-nine; 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: 6 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 17 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 12 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Churches: 2
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 6 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Palgrave, Suffolk

Palgrave is a village in Suffolk

Palgrave in historic gazetteers

Palgrave in the Domesday Book