Thundersley

Other current and historical names

Thundersly
Thunreslea

Built-Up Area: Rayleigh
Parish/Community: Castle Point, unparished area
District/Borough: Castle Point
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°34'6"N 0°34'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 578677, 188646
OS Grid: TQ786886
Mapcode Local: GBR PMM.NLV
Mapcode Global: VHJKW.YV82

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

Thundersley in historic gazetteers

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

Thundersley, par., Essex, 1½ mile SW. of Rayleigh, 2545 ac., pop. 516; P.O.

Thundersley in the Domesday Book

A village in Barstable hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 1/12 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Pasture: 200 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 16 pigs; 2 cobs; 2 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 36 pigs; 4 cobs; 2 beehives

British Place Names

Thundersley, Essex

Thundersley is a settlement in Rayleigh, Essex

Thundersley in historic gazetteers

Thundersley in the Domesday Book