Stanstead

Other current and historical names

Stanesteda

Parish/Community: Stanstead
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'40"N 0°41'32"E
Eastings/Northings: 584456, 249288
OS Grid: TL844492
Mapcode Local: GBR QGJ.MVG
Mapcode Global: VHJHF.Y6CD

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

Stanstead in historic gazetteers

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

Stanstead, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 1162 ac., pop. 369; vil., 5½ miles NW. of Sudbury; P.O.

Stanstead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 10 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 16 cattle; 60 pigs; 3 horses
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 60 pigs

British Place Names

Stanstead, Suffolk

Stanstead is a village in Suffolk

Stanstead in historic gazetteers

Stanstead in the Domesday Book