Covehithe

Other current and historical names

Hales
North Hales
Hales North

Parish/Community: Covehithe
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'34"N 1°42'11"E
Eastings/Northings: 652154, 281806
OS Grid: TM521818
Mapcode Local: GBR YW8.5F5
Mapcode Global: VHM70.GJSR

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

Covehithe in historic gazetteers

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

Covehithe, or North Hales, coast par., E. Suffolk, 4½ miles NE. of Southwold, 1553 ac., pop. 173.

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

Hales, North, Suffolk. See COVEHITHE.

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

North Hales, or COVEHITHE: which see.

Covehithe in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Reginald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Animals in 1066: 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 8 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding of Covehithe
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
6th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Covehithe, Suffolk

Covehithe is a hamlet in Suffolk

Covehithe in historic gazetteers

Covehithe in the Domesday Book