Sudbourne

Other current and historical names

Sutburna
Sudburnham

Parish/Community: Sudbourne
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'22"N 1°31'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 641300, 253026
OS Grid: TM413530
Mapcode Local: GBR XRD.VBW
Mapcode Global: VHM82.CW9Y

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

Sudbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Sudbourne, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 5429 ac., pop. 578; vil., 4 miles SW. of Aldeburgh; P.O.; in vicinity is Sudbourne Hall, seat.

Sudbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 21 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 17 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 17 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twelve; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Wissant (subinfeudated); Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 4/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 1 salthouse; 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 30 pigs

British Place Names

Sudbourne, Suffolk

Sudbourne is a village in Suffolk

Sudbourne in historic gazetteers

Sudbourne in the Domesday Book