Streatham

Other current and historical names

Estreham

Built-Up Area: Lambeth
Parish/Community: Lambeth, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Lambeth
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°25'55"N 0°7'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 530139, 171999
OS Grid: TQ301719
Mapcode Local: GBR FY.G2Z
Mapcode Global: VHGRC.Q80J

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

Streatham in historic gazetteers

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

Streatham, par. and ry. sta., Surrey, in parl. bor. of Wandsworth, 2914 ac., pop. 21,611; the sta. is 3½ miles E. of Wimbledon sta. and 7 miles SW. of Ludgate Hill sta., London.

Streatham in the Domesday Book

A village in Brixton hundred, in the county of Surrey.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold; Canons of Waltham Holy Cross; Freemen, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; £2 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Erding
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin Sainte-Marie (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Pasture: 1 grazing for pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansgot of Rochester (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Chertsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders

British Place Names

Streatham, Lambeth

Streatham is a settlement in Lambeth, Lambeth

Streatham in historic gazetteers

Streatham in the Domesday Book