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alysonFebruary 18, 2021
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alysonNovember 30, 2016
National Archives notes Open Domesday entry Little Domesday Book –Suffolk I Land of the King Belonging to the Realm, which Roger Bigod keeps in Suffolk. HUNDRED OF CARLFORD VI Robert Malet P1210 column 2 halfway down “In Lesser Waldringfield 1 sokeman of Eadric 22 acres of land, 1 bordar and 1 plough, worth 2s.” Also held land in Kesgrave and…
alysonNovember 21, 2016
alysonFebruary 11, 2010
The Domesday Book Online - Home The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). Guess what? - they have…
alysonJanuary 31, 2008
Was the Sherriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and the third largest land owner in the county at the time of Domesday.
alysonJanuary 27, 2008
Very little is known of the early history of Waldringfield. Until after WW 2 Suffolk was sparsely populated, apart from a few small market towns and the Tudor wool villages such as Lavenham. Until the motor car became widely used Waldringfield was quite isolated, unless one came by boat, bike or horse drawn vehicle. The population was small relative to…
alysonJanuary 9, 2008
Earliest Information. There is evidence to suggest that the Romans visited ‘Waldringfield' but there is no real evidence of a settlement. Roman artefacts have been found in the north field, to the south of the church. (more…)
alysonJanuary 9, 2008
Little Domesday Book - XXXVIIII Lands of Ranulf, Brother of Ilger, Hundred of Carlford In Waldringfield Beorhtmaer, a Free man, held TRE: a carucate of land as a manor and 1 bordar. Then 2 ploughs, now 1: mill. Then 1 horse. Then 100 sheep, now 27. Then it was worth 20s. now 10s. It is 6 furlongs long and 3…
alysonJanuary 7, 2008
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