Rushmere

Other current and historical names

Rushmere Near Beccles

Parish/Community: Rushmere
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°25'26"N 1°39'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 649275, 286970
OS Grid: TM492869
Mapcode Local: GBR YVC.1R3
Mapcode Global: VHM6S.TB0P

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

Rushmere in historic gazetteers

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

Rushmere (near Beccles), par., Suffolk, 5½ miles SE. of Beccles, 759 ac., pop. 145.

Rushmere in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Woodland: 10 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/2½ in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Churches: 0.25

British Place Names

Rushmere, Suffolk

Rushmere is a hamlet in Suffolk

Rushmere in historic gazetteers

Rushmere in the Domesday Book