Wixoe

Other current and historical names

Whixoe
Witeskeou

Parish/Community: Birdbrook
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'15"N 0°29'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 571500, 242500
OS Grid: TL715425
Mapcode Local: GBR PFQ.17J
Mapcode Global: VHJHJ.MM4H

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

Wixoe in historic gazetteers

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

Whixoe (or Wixoe), par., Suffolk, 3½ miles SW. of Clare, 600 ac., pop. 118.

Wixoe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 3/- in 1066; £4 3/- in 1070; £4 3/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 24 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 12 pigs; 5 beehives

British Place Names

Wixoe, Essex

Wixoe is a village in Essex

Wixoe in historic gazetteers

Wixoe in the Domesday Book