Snape

Other current and historical names

Snapes
Snape Street

Built-Up Area: Snape
Parish/Community: Snape
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'8"N 1°29'58"E
Eastings/Northings: 639417, 258084
OS Grid: TM394580
Mapcode Local: GBR XQS.VB5
Mapcode Global: VHM7V.YR51

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

Snape in historic gazetteers

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

Snape.-- par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 2100 ac., pop. 508; vil., 3 miles S. of Saxmundham; P.O.; near the vil. is Snape House, seat.

Snape in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Free men, twenty-five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 3/- in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 16 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 24 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Blunt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 1/2½ in 1086
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Snape, Suffolk

Snape is a village in Snape , Suffolk

Snape in historic gazetteers

Snape in the Domesday Book