Wingfield

Other current and historical names

Wighefelda
Wineberga

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'46"N 1°16'1"E
Eastings/Northings: 622633, 277045
OS Grid: TM226770
Mapcode Local: GBR VKP.WQH
Mapcode Global: VHL9H.X985

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

Wingfield in historic gazetteers

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

Wingfield, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 2441 ac., pop. 463; vil., 4 miles S. of Harleston; P.O.; has remains of Wingfield Castle, ancient stronghold of the De la Poles.

Wingfield in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, thirteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 13/2½ in 1066; £4 4/- in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 140 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 60 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob
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: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086

British Place Names

Wingfield, Suffolk

Wingfield is a village in Suffolk

Wingfield in historic gazetteers

Wingfield in the Domesday Book