Stowlangtoft

Other current and historical names

Stow Langtoft
Stoua
Stou

Parish/Community: Stowlangtoft
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'37"N 0°52'9"E
Eastings/Northings: 595849, 268191
OS Grid: TL958681
Mapcode Local: GBR RG4.BLS
Mapcode Global: VHKD7.01Y8

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

Stowlangtoft in historic gazetteers

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

Stow Langtoft, par. and vil., Suffolk - par. 1471 ac., pop. 178; vil., 2 miles SE. of Ixworth; P.O.; in vicinity is Stow Langtoft Hall, seat.

Stowlangtoft in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Durand the cleric (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 6/7¼ in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1070; £6 6/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman

British Place Names

Stowlangtoft, Suffolk

Stowlangtoft is a village in Suffolk

Stowlangtoft in historic gazetteers

Stowlangtoft in the Domesday Book