Westley

Other current and historical names

Westlea

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°14'57"N 0°40'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 582332, 264585
OS Grid: TL823645
Mapcode Local: GBR QDR.VH7
Mapcode Global: VHJGN.KQ9M

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

Westley in historic gazetteers

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

Westley, par., Suffolk, 2 miles W. of Bury St Edmunds, 1216 ac., pop. 160.

Westley in the Domesday Book

A village in Thingoe 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, eleven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter brother of Burghard (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 pigs
- Churches: 0.33
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; 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 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 9 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 0.66

British Place Names

Westley, Suffolk

Westley is a hamlet in Suffolk

Westley in historic gazetteers

Westley in the Domesday Book