Cockfield

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Cockfield is a village in Suffolk

Other current and historical names

Cothefelda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'26"N 0°47'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 590574, 254659
OS Grid: TL905546
Mapcode Local: GBR RHD.M68
Mapcode Global: VHKDR.K13J

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

Cockfield in historic gazetteers

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

Cockfield, par. and ry. sta., W. Suffolk, on river Brett, 7 miles SE. of Bury St Edmunds, 3626 ac., pop. 931; P.O.; contains Cockfield Hall.

Cockfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-one; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berard of Cockfield (subinfeudated); James (subinfeudated); Coleman (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 9 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 35 smallholders; 7 slaves; 4 men
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 37 pigs; 3 cobs; 12 beehives

British Place Names

Cockfield, Suffolk

Cockfield is a village in Suffolk

Cockfield in historic gazetteers

Cockfield in the Domesday Book