Pentlow

Other current and historical names

Pentelauua

Parish/Community: Pentlow
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'24"N 0°38'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 581591, 244981
OS Grid: TL815449
Mapcode Local: GBR QGV.W50
Mapcode Global: VHJHM.641V

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

Pentlow in historic gazetteers

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

Pentlow, par. and vil., Essex, on river Stour, 5 miles NW. of Sudbury, 1898 ac., pop. 293.

Pentlow in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walcher (subinfeudated); Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 12 smallholders; 18 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 210 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 22 cattle; 48 pigs; 2 cobs; 8 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 24 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs; 8 beehives

British Place Names

Pentlow, Essex

Pentlow is a village in Essex

Pentlow in historic gazetteers

Pentlow in the Domesday Book