Weeley

Other current and historical names

Wileia

Built-Up Area: Weeley
Parish/Community: Weeley
District/Borough: Tendring
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'32"N 1°6'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 614703, 222414
OS Grid: TM147224
Mapcode Local: GBR TQ5.F3D
Mapcode Global: VHLCR.9JMR

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

Weeley in historic gazetteers

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

Weeley, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Essex - par., 2098 ac., pop. 603; vil., 11 miles SE. of Colchester; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Weeley Heath, hamlet, 1 mile S. of Weeley sta.

Weeley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Mundon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £23 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 14 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 230 pigs
- Pasture: 160 sheep
- Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 60 pigs; 5 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 30 pigs; 2 beehives

British Place Names

Weeley, Essex

Weeley is a village in Essex

Weeley in historic gazetteers

Weeley in the Domesday Book