Halstead

Other current and historical names

Halsted
Hawsted
Halsteda
Haltesteda

Built-Up Area: Halstead
Parish/Community: Halstead
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'37"N 0°37'57"E
Eastings/Northings: 581043, 230520
OS Grid: TL810305
Mapcode Local: GBR QJK.4RL
Mapcode Global: VHJJ5.XD9S

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

Halstead in historic gazetteers

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

Halstead.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., E. Essex, on river Colne, 16 miles NW. of Colchester and 55¾ NE. of London -- par., 5631 ac., pop. 6701; town, pop. 5804; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday; contains the Halstead Paper Mills; 1 mile S. of the town is the seat of Hallstead Lodge.

Halstead in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirty
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £13 17/2½ in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 23 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 46 acres
- Woodland: 140 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 12 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs; 2 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, twenty-two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager; 15 smallholders; 22 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 19 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran father of John
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Waleran father of John
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 40 smallholders
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 16 pigs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086

British Place Names

Halstead, Essex

Halstead is a town in Essex

Halstead in historic gazetteers

Halstead in the Domesday Book