Playford

Other current and historical names

Plegeforda

Parish/Community: Playford
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'5"N 1°13'50"E
Eastings/Northings: 621443, 247860
OS Grid: TM214478
Mapcode Local: GBR VNX.CXW
Mapcode Global: VHLBN.8VYN

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

Playford in historic gazetteers

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

Playford, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NE. of Ipswich, 1296 ac., pop. 239; near the vil. is Playford Hall, seat.

Playford in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlords in 1066: Queen Edith; Godwin son of Alfhere; Healfdene
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Alfhere; Free men, twelve; Aethelric; Blaecmann of Darsham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 1/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 23 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 69 pigs; 3 cobs; 6 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 25 pigs; 1 beehive

British Place Names

Playford, Suffolk

Playford is a village in Suffolk

Playford in historic gazetteers

Playford in the Domesday Book