Ridgewell

Other current and historical names

Ridgwell
Rideuuella

Built-Up Area: Ridgewell
Parish/Community: Ridgewell
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'19"N 0°31'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 573617, 240830
OS Grid: TL736408
Mapcode Local: GBR PFY.2SZ
Mapcode Global: VHJHR.40HY

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

Ridgewell in historic gazetteers

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

Ridgwell, par. and vil., Essex, 5½ miles SE. of Haverhill, 1724 ac., pop. 657; P.O.; occupies the site of a Roman settlement, and has yielded many antiquities.

Ridgewell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £24 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 3 smallholders; 14 freemen; 14 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 42 acres
- Woodland: 80 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 22 cattle; 44 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Ridgewell, Essex

Ridgewell is a village in Essex

Ridgewell in historic gazetteers

Ridgewell in the Domesday Book