Wimbish

Other current and historical names

Wimbeis

Parish/Community: Wimbish
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'21"N 0°19'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 559379, 236731
OS Grid: TL593367
Mapcode Local: GBR NDQ.3WD
Mapcode Global: VHHL5.HVV0

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

Wimbish in historic gazetteers

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

Wimbish, par. and vil., Essex - par., 4920 ac., pop. 846; vil., 4 miles SE. of Saffron Walden; P.O.

Wimbish in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 55 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 400 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 60 pigs; 2 cobs; 4 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 28 pigs; 2 cobs; 4 beehives

British Place Names

Wimbish, Essex

Wimbish is a hamlet in Essex

Wimbish in historic gazetteers

Wimbish in the Domesday Book