Whepstead

Other current and historical names

Huepstede

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°11'23"N 0°40'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 583348, 258027
OS Grid: TL833580
Mapcode Local: GBR QFJ.QY0
Mapcode Global: VHJH1.R69Z

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

Whepstead in historic gazetteers

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

Whepstead, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 2670 ac., pop. 625; vil., 4 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds; P.O.; has an endowed school.

Whepstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Thingoe hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £13 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 26 smallholders; 1 freeman; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 48 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 30 pigs; 5 cobs

British Place Names

Whepstead, Suffolk

Whepstead is a village in Suffolk

Whepstead in historic gazetteers

Whepstead in the Domesday Book