Peldon

Other current and historical names

Peltenduna

Built-Up Area: Peldon
Parish/Community: Peldon
District/Borough: Colchester
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°48'39"N 0°53'11"E
Eastings/Northings: 599074, 216416
OS Grid: TL990164
Mapcode Local: GBR SP3.GXQ
Mapcode Global: VHKGC.9RZ4

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

Peldon in historic gazetteers

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

Peldon, par. and vil., Essex - par., 2246 ac., pop. 458; vil., 6 miles S. of Colchester; P.O.

Peldon in the Domesday Book

A village in Winstree hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the deacon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the deacon
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 freeman; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough

British Place Names

Peldon, Essex

Peldon is a village in Essex

Peldon in historic gazetteers

Peldon in the Domesday Book