Boreham

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Boreham is a village in Essex

Other current and historical names

Borham

Built-Up Area: Boreham
Parish/Community: Boreham
District/Borough: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°45'51"N 0°32'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 575916, 210362
OS Grid: TL759103
Mapcode Local: GBR PK8.7BQ
Mapcode Global: VHJJX.FXZC

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

Boreham in historic gazetteers

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

Boreham.-- par. and vil., NW. Essex, on river Chelmer, 3½ miles NE. of Chelmsford, 3801 ac., pop. 992; P.O., T.O.; contains B. House.

Boreham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Lambert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £6 -/12 in 1070; £8 -/9½ in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 54 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Churches: 1.5
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Meadow: 8 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ansketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs

British Place Names

Boreham, Essex

Boreham is a village in Essex

Boreham in historic gazetteers

Boreham in the Domesday Book