Rainham

Other current and historical names

Raineham
Reineham
Renaham
Reneham

Built-Up Area: Havering
Parish/Community: Havering, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Havering
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°31'7"N 0°11'23"E
Eastings/Northings: 552037, 182247
OS Grid: TQ520822
Mapcode Local: GBR SP.4JK
Mapcode Global: VHHNM.73R3

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

Rainham in historic gazetteers

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

Rainham.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta. and quay, Essex, 5 miles SE. of Barking, 3253 ac., pop. 1253; P.O., T.O.; 2 miles NE. of sta. is Rainham Lodge, seat.

Rainham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofstan the reeve; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Douai
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 9 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the lascivious (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Animals in 1066: 14 cattle; 6 pigs; 3 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 24 pigs; 4 cobs; 12 beehives
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Priest, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hagebern
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hagebern
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Rainham, Havering

Rainham is a settlement in Havering, Havering

Rainham in historic gazetteers

Rainham in the Domesday Book