Worlingworth

Other current and historical names

Wyrlingwortha

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'6"N 1°15'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 622718, 268394
OS Grid: TM227683
Mapcode Local: GBR VLN.N33
Mapcode Global: VHL9W.T7XQ

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

Worlingworth in historic gazetteers

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

Worlingworth, par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 2446 ac., pop. 643; vil., 5 miles NW. of Framlingham; P.O.; has an endowed school; in vicinity is Worlingworth Hall, seat of Lord Henniker.

Worlingworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 24 pigs; 35 goats; 2 horses
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 24 pigs; 35 goats; 6 beehives; 2 horses

British Place Names

Worlingworth, Suffolk

Worlingworth is a village in Suffolk

Worlingworth in historic gazetteers

Worlingworth in the Domesday Book