Wilby

Other current and historical names

Wilebey
Wilebi

Parish/Community: Wilby
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'1"N 1°17'13"E
Eastings/Northings: 624228, 272002
OS Grid: TM242720
Mapcode Local: GBR VL9.N8N
Mapcode Global: VHL9Q.8FBV

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

Wilby in historic gazetteers

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

Wilby, par. and vil., Suffolk, 6 miles SE. of Eye, 1844 ac., pop. 469.

Wilby in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Loernic (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Wilby, Suffolk

Wilby is a hamlet in Suffolk

Wilby in historic gazetteers

Wilby in the Domesday Book