Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Lasela

Built-Up Area: Sevenoaks
Parish/Community: Seal
District/Borough: Sevenoaks
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'19"N 0°13'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 554878, 156736
OS Grid: TQ548567
Mapcode Local: GBR VT.L1D
Mapcode Global: VHHPL.RVHY

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

Seal in historic gazetteers

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

Seal.-- par. and vil., Kent, 1½ mile E. of Sevenoaks, 4445 ac., pop. 1609; P.O., T.O.

Seal in the Domesday Book

A village in Helmestrei hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictsi the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Rots (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated); King William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £31 2/2½ in 1086
- Households: 31 villagers; 14 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 75 swine render
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Seal, Kent

Seal is a village in Sevenoaks, Kent

Seal in historic gazetteers

Seal in the Domesday Book