Bradfield

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Bradfield is a village in Bradfield Heath, Essex

Other current and historical names

Bradefelda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'3"N 1°7'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 614439, 230793
OS Grid: TM144307
Mapcode Local: GBR TP6.MGW
Mapcode Global: VHLCC.BNC0

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

Bradfield in historic gazetteers

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

Bradfield, par. and ry. sta., NE. Essex, on Stour estuary, 3 miles E. of Manningtree, 2152 ac. and 502 foreshore, pop. 812; P.O.

Bradfield in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger's man-at-arms' wife (subinfeudated); Roger of Rames
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
- Animals in 1066: 4 cows; 20 pigs; 4 calves
- Animals in 1086: 33 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Bradfield, Essex

Bradfield is a village in Bradfield Heath, Essex

Bradfield in historic gazetteers

Bradfield in the Domesday Book