Kedington

Other current and historical names

Keddington
Keditune
Ketton
Kidituna

Built-Up Area: Kedington
Parish/Community: Kedington
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'30"N 0°29'17"E
Eastings/Northings: 570553, 246637
OS Grid: TL705466
Mapcode Local: GBR PF3.XXN
Mapcode Global: VHJHB.DPX9

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

Kedington in historic gazetteers

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

Kedington (or Ketton), vil., in SW. of Suffolk, and par., partly also in Essex - par., 2323 ac., pop. 935; vil., 2½ miles NE. of Haverhill ry. sta.; P.O., called Keddington.

Kedington in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten; Free men, twenty-five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £9 11/- in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 13 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 27 pigs; 4 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 18 pigs; 3 cobs; 6 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington is a village in Suffolk

Kedington in historic gazetteers

Kedington in the Domesday Book