Ulcombe

Other current and historical names

Ulcomb
Olecumbe

Built-Up Area: Ulcombe
Parish/Community: Ulcombe
District/Borough: Maidstone
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°12'44"N 0°38'37"E
Eastings/Northings: 584754, 149245
OS Grid: TQ847492
Mapcode Local: GBR QT9.TVL
Mapcode Global: VHJMP.3SPC

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

Ulcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Ulcombe, par. and vil., Kent, 6 miles SE. of Maidstone, 3546 ac., pop. 656; P.O.; Ulcombe was for many centuries the property of the St Legers.

Ulcombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Eyhorne hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfhere
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 80 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Ulcombe, Kent

Ulcombe is a village in Kent

Ulcombe in historic gazetteers

Ulcombe in the Domesday Book