Thurston

Built-Up Area: Thurston
Parish/Community: Thurston
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'9"N 0°48'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 591628, 265326
OS Grid: TL916653
Mapcode Local: GBR RG8.LLG
Mapcode Global: VHKD5.XMFY

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

Thurston in historic gazetteers

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

Thurston, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 4 miles E. of Bury St Edmunds, 2200 ac., pop. 695; P.O.; near vil. is Thurston House, seat.

Thurston in the Domesday Book

A village in Risbridge 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, twenty-eight; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard the bald (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £6 1/12 in 1086
- Households: 20 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 11 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 32 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 32 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1070; 6/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Thurston, Suffolk

Thurston is a village in Suffolk

Thurston in historic gazetteers

Thurston in the Domesday Book