Willisham

Other current and historical names

Willaluesham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'54"N 1°1'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 607059, 250613
OS Grid: TM070506
Mapcode Local: GBR TLY.7F1
Mapcode Global: VHKF2.P31F

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

Willisham in historic gazetteers

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

Willisham, par., Suffolk, 7 miles NW. of Ipswich, 927 ac., pop. 199.

Willisham in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alfled; Leofric; Wigulf of Coddenham; Theodric; Godman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Albert the burnt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 10/12 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 12 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Willisham, Suffolk

Willisham is a settlement in Suffolk

Willisham in historic gazetteers

Willisham in the Domesday Book