Brandeston

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Brandeston is a village in Suffolk

Built-Up Area: Brandeston
Parish/Community: Brandeston
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°11'51"N 1°17'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 624952, 260582
OS Grid: TM249605
Mapcode Local: GBR VMN.900
Mapcode Global: VHLB9.91Y4

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

Brandeston in historic gazetteers

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

Brandeston, par., E. Suffolk on river Deben, 5 miles NW. of Wickham Market, 1224 ac., pop. 401; P.O.; contains Brandeston Hall.

Brandeston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmund the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Arques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Arques
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 2/- in 1086
- Households: 17 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 14 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob; 3 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Brandeston, Suffolk

Brandeston is a village in Suffolk

Brandeston in historic gazetteers

Brandeston in the Domesday Book