Timworth

Other current and historical names

Timwrtha
Timeworda

Parish/Community: Timworth
District/Borough: St Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'24"N 0°43'22"E
Eastings/Northings: 585803, 269273
OS Grid: TL858692
Mapcode Local: GBR QDF.HKK
Mapcode Global: VHKCY.HP0P

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

Timworth in historic gazetteers

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

Timworth, par., Suffolk, 3 miles N. of Bury St Edmunds, 1358 ac., pop. 179.

Timworth in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: John (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Timworth, Suffolk

Timworth is a hamlet in Suffolk

Timworth in historic gazetteers

Timworth in the Domesday Book