Tollesbury

Other current and historical names

Tolesberia

Built-Up Area: Tollesbury
Parish/Community: Tollesbury
District/Borough: Maldon
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°45'30"N 0°49'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 595632, 210456
OS Grid: TL956104
Mapcode Local: GBR RN9.MGX
Mapcode Global: VHKGQ.D2C5

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

Tollesbury in historic gazetteers

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

Tollesbury, par. and vil., Essex, on creek of river Blackwater, 7 miles NE. of Maldon, 6155 ac. (164 water) and 2975 tidal water and foreshore, pop, 1435; P.O., T.O.; has oyster-dredging.

Tollesbury in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn; Abbey of Barking St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Barking
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel (subinfeudated); Odo (subinfeudated); Abbey of Barking
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 1/2½ in 1066; £10 1/2½ in 1070; £10 1/2½ in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 16 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 500 pigs
- Pasture: 400 sheep
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 2 salthouses; 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 28 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Amalfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Pasture: 100 sheep
- Other resources: 1 salthouse

British Place Names

Tollesbury, Essex

Tollesbury is a village in Essex

Tollesbury in historic gazetteers

Tollesbury in the Domesday Book