Syleham

Other current and historical names

Seilah
Seilanda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'20"N 1°15'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 621505, 278039
OS Grid: TM215780
Mapcode Local: GBR VKN.C4Y
Mapcode Global: VHL9H.M2W0

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

Syleham in historic gazetteers

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

Syleham, par., Suffolk, on river Waveney, 3 miles SW. of Harleston, 1603 ac., pop. 280; contains Syleham House, seat.

Syleham in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ulf son of Manni Swart
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf son of Manni Swart; Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 6/12 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 13 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 150 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 80 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 44 pigs; 3 goats; 1 cob; 1 beehive
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 12 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Syleham, Suffolk

Syleham is a village in Suffolk

Syleham in historic gazetteers

Syleham in the Domesday Book