Alresford

Other current and historical names

Aleforda
Elesforda
Eilesforda

Built-Up Area: Alresford
Parish/Community: Alresford
District/Borough: Tendring
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'10"N 0°59'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 606549, 221378
OS Grid: TM065213
Mapcode Local: GBR SNP.T7V
Mapcode Global: VHKG7.7PSH

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

Alresford in historic gazetteers

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

Alresford.-- par., ry. sta., and seat, E. Essex, 5 miles SE. of Colchester by rail, 1436 ac. and 98 water and foreshore, pop. 259; P.O.

Alresford in the Domesday Book

A village in Tendring hundred, in the county of Essex.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hato (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Pasture: 20 sheep
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 5/2½ in 1086
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Algar (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
- Pasture: 40 sheep

British Place Names

Alresford, Essex

Alresford is a village in Essex

Alresford in historic gazetteers

Alresford in the Domesday Book