Otley

Other current and historical names

Atelega
Ateleia

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'13"N 1°13'5"E
Eastings/Northings: 620251, 255481
OS Grid: TM202554
Mapcode Local: GBR VMY.W9Z
Mapcode Global: VHLBG.24C9

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

Otley in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Leoffled; Queen Edith
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alfled; Lustwin of Otley; Free men, sixteen and one half; Brictwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Amund (subinfeudated); Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 8/- in 1066; £9 13/12 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 18 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 35 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 40 pigs; 25 goats; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 40 pigs; 25 goats; 2 cobs; 6 beehives
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; E.
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwold; Edwold's wife
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Andrew of Otley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 4 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 12 cattle; 30 pigs; 3 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 10 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictwold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
4th Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Miles de Belefol (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
6th Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Leohteva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086

British Place Names

Otley, Suffolk

Otley is a village in Suffolk

Otley in historic gazetteers

Otley in the Domesday Book

Photos of Otley