Mildenhall

Other current and historical names

Milden Hall
Hightown

Built-Up Area: Mildenhall
Parish/Community: Mildenhall
District/Borough: Forest Heath
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'39"N 0°30'39"E
Eastings/Northings: 571138, 274785
OS Grid: TL711747
Mapcode Local: GBR PB1.XNL
Mapcode Global: VHJG5.SBZL

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

Mildenhall in historic gazetteers

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

Mildenhall.-- market town and par., Suffolk, on river Lark, 8 miles SE. of Mildenhall Road sta. and 12 miles NW. of Bury St Edmunds, 13,710 ac., pop. 3764; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. Mildenhall has trade in corn. The river is navigable for barges.

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

Hightown, hamlet, in par. and adjacent to Mildenhall, W. Suffolk.

Mildenhall in the Domesday Book

A village in Lackford hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 19 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1066; £40 in 1070; £70 in 1086
- Households: 37 villagers; 20 smallholders; 9 freemen; 24 slaves
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 11 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 2
- Other resources: 3.5 fisheries
- Animals in 1086: 40 cattle; 64 pigs; 2 cobs; 31 wild mares
2nd 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: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert son of Richere of l'Aigle
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert son of Richere of l'Aigle
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Animals in 1066: 16 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 8 pigs

British Place Names

Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall is a town in Suffolk

Mildenhall in historic gazetteers

Mildenhall in the Domesday Book