Woolverstone

Other current and historical names

Woolverston
Hulferestuna
Uluerestuna

Parish/Community: Woolverstone
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'0"N 1°11'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 618776, 238301
OS Grid: TM187383
Mapcode Local: GBR VPV.DMP
Mapcode Global: VHLC0.HZPP

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

Woolverstone in historic gazetteers

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

Woolverston, par., Suffolk, on river Orwell, 4½ miles SE. of Ipswich, 1256 ac. (305 water), pop. 243; contains Woolverstone Park, seat.

Woolverstone in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 15 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 20 pigs; 5 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 30 pigs; 36 goats; 7 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Skalpi the Guard
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Woolverstone, Suffolk

Woolverstone is a village in Suffolk

Woolverstone in historic gazetteers

Woolverstone in the Domesday Book