Fulbourn

Other current and historical names

Fulburn
Fuleberne

Built-Up Area: Cambridge
Parish/Community: Fulbourn
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°11'2"N 0°13'16"E
Eastings/Northings: 551954, 256291
OS Grid: TL519562
Mapcode Local: GBR M94.2RB
Mapcode Global: VHHKB.SC9N

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

Fulbourn in historic gazetteers

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

Fulbourn, par. (Fulbourn All Saints and St Vigors) and vil. with ry. sta. (Fulbourne), Cambridgeshire -- par., 5221 ac., pop. 1769; vil., 5 miles SE. of Cambridge; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity of vil. are Fulbourn House, seat, and Fulbourn Valley.

Fulbourn in the Domesday Book

A village in Fleamdyke hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £1
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Algar; Edeva the fair
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Sigar the steward; Leofric; Men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: John son of Waleran
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: John son of Waleran
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 ploughs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8/7¼ in 1066; £8 8/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 26 freemen
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William nephew of Geoffrey de Mandeville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Fulbourn is a village in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Fulbourn in historic gazetteers

Fulbourn in the Domesday Book