Stoven

Other current and historical names

Stouone
Stoune

Parish/Community: Brampton with Stoven
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'40"N 1°35'44"E
Eastings/Northings: 644824, 281632
OS Grid: TM448816
Mapcode Local: GBR YVV.VN0
Mapcode Global: VHM6Y.LHXC

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

Stoven in historic gazetteers

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

Stoven, par., Suffolk, 5 miles NE. of Halesworth, 797 ac., pop. 131.

Stoven in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/4¾ in 1066; 7/4¾ in 1070; 7/4¾ in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Godwin son of Toki
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Langabein; Goda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Stoven, Suffolk

Stoven is a hamlet in Suffolk

Stoven in historic gazetteers

Stoven in the Domesday Book