Weston

Other current and historical names

Westuna

Parish/Community: Weston
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°25'43"N 1°34'23"E
Eastings/Northings: 643016, 287204
OS Grid: TM430872
Mapcode Local: GBR XMS.NK5
Mapcode Global: VHM6R.761X

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

Weston in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Gyrth
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Hakon; Alric; Sprotwulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1066
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 14 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 6 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two and one half
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Churches: 1
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Churches: 1
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
7th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

British Place Names

Weston, Suffolk

Weston is a hamlet in Suffolk

Weston in historic gazetteers

Weston in the Domesday Book