Polstead

Other current and historical names

Polesteda

Parish/Community: Polstead
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'25"N 0°54'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 599294, 238273
OS Grid: TL992382
Mapcode Local: GBR SLT.0Y7
Mapcode Global: VHKFD.LTC7

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

Polstead in historic gazetteers

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

Polstead, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 3402 ac., pop, 820; vil., 4 miles SW. of Hadleigh; P.O.; near the vil. are Polstead Heath and the seat of Polstead Hall.

Polstead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Robert son of Wiuhomarch
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 30 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 31 acres
- Woodland: 80 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 28 cattle; 40 pigs; 8 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Polstead, Suffolk

Polstead is a village in Suffolk

Polstead in historic gazetteers

Polstead in the Domesday Book