Chilton

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Chilton is a settlement in Suffolk

Parish/Community: Chilton
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'54"N 0°45'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 589500, 242500
OS Grid: TL895425
Mapcode Local: GBR RJQ.FJ6
Mapcode Global: VHKF4.5S80

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

Chilton in historic gazetteers

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

Chilton, par., W. Suffolk, 1½ mile NE. of Sudbury, 979 ac., pop. 284.

Chilton in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Godwin son of Alfhere
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Alfhere; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 12/- in 1066; £2 7/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 3 pigs

British Place Names

Chilton, Suffolk

Chilton is a settlement in Suffolk

Chilton in historic gazetteers

Chilton in the Domesday Book