Witnesham

Other current and historical names

Witdesham

Parish/Community: Witnesham
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'51"N 1°11'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 618356, 251017
OS Grid: TM183510
Mapcode Local: GBR VNH.F3F
Mapcode Global: VHLBM.J4R0

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

Witnesham in historic gazetteers

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

Witnesham, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 1996 ac., pop. 515; vil., 4½ miles NE. of Ipswich; P.O.

Witnesham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 4 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 68 pigs; 30 goats; 3 cobs; 7 beehives

British Place Names

Witnesham, Suffolk

Witnesham is a village in Suffolk

Witnesham in historic gazetteers

Witnesham in the Domesday Book