Wethersfield

Other current and historical names

Witheresfelda
Westrefelda

Built-Up Area: Wethersfield
Parish/Community: Wethersfield
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'9"N 0°29'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 571157, 231146
OS Grid: TL711311
Mapcode Local: GBR PGV.JJ8
Mapcode Global: VHJJ3.F6H1

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

Wethersfield in historic gazetteers

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

Wethersfield, par. and vil., Essex - par., 4226 ac., pop. 1453; vil., 6 miles NW. of Braintree; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Wethersfield Hall, seat.

Wethersfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert son of Warin (subinfeudated); Count Alan (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £28 in 1070; £28 17/12 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 25 smallholders; 8 freemen; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 500 pigs
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 17 cattle; 100 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 40 pigs

British Place Names

Wethersfield, Essex

Wethersfield is a village in Essex

Wethersfield in historic gazetteers

Wethersfield in the Domesday Book