Framlingham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'15"N 1°20'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 628366, 263364
OS Grid: TM283633
Mapcode Local: GBR WNN.Q2Z
Mapcode Global: VHLB4.6FSN

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

Framlingham in historic gazetteers

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

Framlingham, market town and par. with ry. sta., E. Suffolk, 21 miles NE. of Ipswich by rail, 4657 ac., pop. 2518; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper.Market-day, Saturday; has remains (principally of time of Edward I.) of Framlingham Castle, adjacent to which is the Albert Memorial Middle Class College (1865).

Framlingham in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Free man, one half; Brictnoth; Eva; Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Caen (subinfeudated); Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1066; 15/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 4 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 4 pigs; 1 cob; 5 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Herewold; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulcred (subinfeudated); Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

British Place Names

Framlingham, Suffolk

Framlingham is a town in Suffolk

Framlingham in historic gazetteers

Framlingham in the Domesday Book