Winston

Other current and historical names

Winestuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'31"N 1°11'32"E
Eastings/Northings: 618204, 261534
OS Grid: TM182615
Mapcode Local: GBR VMB.G88
Mapcode Global: VHLB1.MR43

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

Winston in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alsi; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Saxi; Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saxi; Free men, twenty-one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 5/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Iric of Winston; Grimulf of Helmingham; Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Norman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Someone
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one half
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Norman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/4¾ in 1086

British Place Names

Winston, Suffolk

Winston is a village in Suffolk

Winston in historic gazetteers

Winston in the Domesday Book