Cavenham

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Cavenham is a village in Suffolk

Other current and historical names

Canauatham
Kanauaham

Parish/Community: Cavenham
District/Borough: Forest Heath
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'11"N 0°34'46"E
Eastings/Northings: 575982, 270353
OS Grid: TL759703
Mapcode Local: GBR PBQ.PBZ
Mapcode Global: VHJGF.0C8S

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

Cavenham in historic gazetteers

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

Cavenham, par., W. Suffolk, on river Lark, 4½ miles SE. of Mildenhall, 2630 ac., pop. 186; P.O.; contains Cavenham Hall and Cavenham Heath.

Cavenham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 25 villagers
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Cnut of Tuddenham
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Cavenham, Suffolk

Cavenham is a village in Suffolk

Cavenham in historic gazetteers

Cavenham in the Domesday Book