Bacton | Bachetuna: Walter the Deacon. Church. 100 sheep, 36 goats. |
Manor House Farm, c.1715, owned by the Pretymans since 1568; church with glass by William Morris and Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
Badingham
| Badincham / Hadincham: Robert Malet's mother and Walter, Loernic and Robert from her. Church, beehive. 60 goats, 32 pigs. |
Partly Norman church; Okenhill Hall, 1552.
Badley
| Badele(i)a: King's land, kept by Godric; Richard FitzGilbert; Abbot of Ely. Church, ½ mill. |
Ancient Lady Well.
Badmondisfield
| Bademondes / Bademundesfelda: King's land, kept by Picot. Church. |
Moated hall.
Ballingdon
| Belindune: Ralph the Haunted from Peter de Valognes. 33 cattle, 28 pigs. |
Some houses.
Bardwell
Lost.
Bardwell
| Boerdewella / Berdeuuella: Abbot of St. Edmund's and Peter de Valognes from him. Church, 2 parts of a mill. |
Elizabethan hall.
Barham
| Bercham: William Gulaffra from Robert Malet; Roger de Poitou and Gosbert from him; Roger d'Auberville, the pre-Conquest holder, from Abbot of Ely. Church, mill. |
6 Roman roads converged here; Shrubland Hall, 1850-2, now a health farm.
Barkestone
Lost.
Barking
| Berchingas / -ingis / Berkinges: Abbot of Ely before and after 1066. 2 churches, weir, vineyard. 23 beasts, 30 pigs, 100 sheep, 48 goats. |
Home of Sir Nicholas Bacon, brother of Francis and High Sheriff of Suffolk, 1581; Iron Age farm with storage pits.
Barnby
| Barnebei / -by: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot; Hugh FitzNorman from Earl Hugh. Church. |
Thatched cottage.
Barnham
| Ber(n)ham: Earl Hugh; Roger Bigot; Abbot of St. Edmund's and Fulchard from him; Hugh FitzGold from William de Warenne; Hugh de Montfort. 3 mills. 12 forest mares, 25 pigs, 420 sheep. |
Anglo-Saxon coffin lid in a cottage wall.
Barningham
| Berni(n)cham / Berningeham: Henry de Ferrers; Abbot of St. Edmund's; Peter de Valognes. Church. |
Surrounded by ponds.
Barrow
| Barro: King's land, kept by Picot. Church. 40 swine, 100 sheep, 60 goats. |
Large green; church with a Norman window; Wolf Hall, a Tudor farmhouse.
Barsham
| Barsham / Bersham: Warin son of Brunwin from Robert Malet's mother; Roger Bigot and Robert de Vals from him; Bishop of Thetford. ½ church, ½ mill. |
Thatched, partly Norman church.
Barton Mills
| Bertona / -tunna: Richard FitzGilbert, formerly Godeva a free woman; William de Watteville. 2 fisheries. |
Named after a large corn-mill on the River Lark; Bronze Age barrow.
Battisford
| Beteforda / Betes- / Botes- / fort: Count of Mortain; Roger Bigot and William de Brunoville from him; Roger de Cando from Hugh de Montfort; Eudo FitzSpirwic and Jarnagot from him; Siward from the Vavassors. 2 chuches. |
Moated site. Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange (1564), had estates here.
Bawdsey
| Balde(re)seia: Robert Malet's mother; Ralph de Beaufour; Abbot of Ely. Church. |
Martello Tower built as a defence against Napoleon.
Baylham
| Bel(e)ham: Roger Bigot and William de Burnoville, Ulmar and Waranger from him. ½ church, 2 mills. 8 beasts, 40 pigs, 105 sheep. |
Ancient mill house; watermill; moated 16th century farmhouse.
Beccles
| Becles: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot; Abbot of St. Edmund's before and after 1066. Church, market, manor (60,000 herrings). |
Ancient town. On the sea in 1086, it now looks over marshes and the River Waveney.
Bedfield
| Berdefelda: Robert Malet's mother and Humphrey from her. |
Bedingfield
| Badinga / Bedingafelda / Bading(h)efelda / gelelda- / Bating- / Bedingefelda: Robert Malet; Robert Malet's mother; Abbot of St. Edmund's; Bishop of Thetford; Roger de Candos from Hugh de Montfort; Ralph de Limesy; a freeman. ¼ church. |
Named after the family who lived almost continuously at Fleming's Hall from c.1309.
Belstead
| Bel(e)steda: Robert Malet; Bishop of Bayeux; Aubrey de Vere; Countess of Albemarle; Robert de Stratford. Church, mill. |
Belton
| Beletuna: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot. 160 sheep. |
Belton marshes; dormitory development for Yarmouth.
Benacre
| Benagra: Abbot of St. Edmund's. |
By marshes and sea.
Benhall
| Benehal(l)a / Benehala: Count Alan; Robert Malet and Robert de Glanville and Hubert from him; Roger Bigot and Norman from him. |
Now Benhall Street. The lord of the manor married Geoffrey Chaucer's daughter here.
Bentley
| Benetleia: King's land, kept by Aluric Wanz; Furic and Aluric from Count Alan. Church, mill, ½ park. |
Straggling; near a Roman road; church with Norman traces.
Beversham
Lost.
Beyton
| Begatona: Hugh de Montfort, formerly Edith the Rich. |
Adjoins Beyton Green village.
Bildeston
| Bilestuna: Walter the Deacon, formerly Queen Edith. Church. |
Small town which once had an important market and was famous for its cloth.
Bing
| Benga / ges: Walter de Caen from Robert Malet's mother. |
Byng Hall near Ufford.
Bixley
| Bichelea: Count Alan; Abbot of Ely; Hugh de Montfort. |
Bixley Farm by Ipswich suburbs.
Blakenham
| Blac(he)ham: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot and Godric; Roger de Poitou and Albert from him; William d'Ecouis and Brunard from him; Roger d'Auberville. Church, 2 mills. |
Now 2 villages, Great and Little Blakenham; mill at Little Blakenham.
Blaxhall
| Bla(c)cheshala / -essala / Blactheshala: Hamo de Valenis from Count Alan; Gilbert, William de Smalavilla and Ranulph from Robert Malet; Roger Bigot and Norman from him; Roger de Poitou; Ralph de Langhetot from Walter Giffard; Abbot of Ely. |
Heathland; tumuli nearby.
Blundeston
| Dun(e)stuna: Count Alan; Roger Bigot and Robert de Vals from him. |
Near coast; said to be the Blunderstone of Dickens's David Copperfield.
Blyford
| Blideforda: Godric the Steward. Church, mill. |
Church with a Norman doorway.
Blythburgh
| Blede- / Blieburc / Blideburc / -burgh / -buro: Osbern Mascalus from the king, held by Roger Bigot; Robert Malet's mother. Church. 3,000 herrings, a days provision of honey. 3 oxen. |
Flourishing Roman and Saxon port. Its church, among the finest in Suffolk, is on a 7th century church site.
Bosmere
Bosmere Hall near Needham Market.
Boulge
| Bulges: Count Alan; Robert Malet's mother and Robert de Glanville from her; Roger de Poitou; William de Warenne and Robert from him; Geoffrey de Mandeville; Ralph brother of Ilger; Countess of Albemarle; Hervey de Bourges. Church. |
Family home and burial place of Edward FitzGerald (1809-93), translator of Omar Khayyám.
Boxted
| Boesteda: Roger de Poitou. |
The Poley family home since c.1400.
Boynton
| Boituna: Count Alan and Ulesan from him; Robert de Stratford. |
Boynton Hall near Capel St. Mary.
Boyton (near Alderton)
| Bohtuna / Boituna: Walter son of Grip, Humphrey FitzRobert and William Gulafa from Robert Malet's mother. 3 churches, mill. |
In marshland. It was once a coastal village; the remains of a jetty are below Dock Farm.
Boyton (in Stoke-by-Clare)
| Alia Boituna: Robert FitzGilbert and Ralph and W. Peret from him. |
Now Boyton End.
Bradfield
| Bradefelda / fella: Count of Mortain; Abbot of St. Edmund's before and after 1066, and Roric and Falk from him. Church. 80 goats. |
Now 3 villages, Bradfield Combust, St. Clare and Bradfield St. George, which has a partly Norman church.
Bradley
| Bradeleia: Abbot of St. Edmund's; Richard FitzGilbert and 4 Freemen from him; Robert de Tosny. Church, beehive. 53 pigs. |
Now 2 villages, Great and Little Bradley. There is an aisle-less 11th century church in Little Bradley.
Braiseworth
| Briseuolda / Briseworde / wrda: Robert Malet's mother. Church, mill. |
Church with a Norman doorway.
Bramfield
| Bru(n)felda: Count Alan. 24 pigs, 30 goats. |
Ancient Castle Yard; Tudor hall with a Georgian front.
Bramford
| Bran / Brunfort: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot. Church. 12 sheep, 20 pigs, 24 beasts. |
Now a suburb of Ipswich; 16th and 17th century cottages.
Brampton
| Bramtuna / Brantuna: King's land, kept by William de Noyers; Ralph Baynard; Robert de Curcan from Roger Bigot. Church. |
Manor farm.
Brandeston (near Framlingham)
| Brandes / Brantestuna: Abbot of Ely and Hervey de Bituricensis from him; William d'Arcis. Church, mill, 3 beehives, 20 pigs. |
Weir; working forge. John Lowes, a 16th century vicar, was condemned to death for witchcraft; he confessed under torture to employing imps to sink ships.
Brandeston (in Waldingfield)
| Brantestona: Ralph de Courbépine from Bishop of Bayeux. 23 pigs, 2 horses, 100 sheep. |
Brandeston Hall near a Roman road.
Brandon
| Brandona / Brantona: Abbot of Ely; Eudo the Steward. Church, fishery. 2 donkeys, 200 sheep. |
Town, once a flint-knapping centre.
Brantham
| Brantestuna / Branham / Brantham: Godinc from Count Alan; Hubert from Robert Malet; Bishop of Bayeux; William d'Alno from Robert Gernon, formerly Tela a free woman; Roger from Ralph brother of Ilger. Mill, saltpan. |
Large; industrial.
Bredfield
| Berdefelda / Berdesfella / Bradefelda / -fella / Bredefeld(a) / -fella: Count Alan; Robert Malet's mother and Walter de Caen and Norman from her; Roger Bigot; Abbot of Ely and Robert Malet and Hervey de Berruarius from him; Richard FitzGilbert; Robert de Glanville from William de Warenne; Hervey de Bourges and Peter from him. Church, 3 oxen. |
Moated site known as Bradfield Castle; birthplace of Edward FitzGerald ( 1809-83).
Brettenham
| Bretenhama / Bretham / Brettham: Count of Mortain; Abbot of St. Edmund's and Arnulf from him; Richard FitzGilbert. Church. |
Roman camp.
Bricett
| Brieseta: Richard FitzGilbert and Roger de Orbec and Ranulph Peverel from him; Gilbert from Roger d'Auberville; William, brother of Roger d'Auberville and Fulcho from him; Anschetill from Roger de Raismes. Church. 15 beasts, 50 pigs, 140 sheep. |
Now the village of Great Bricett with a partly Norman church, and Little Bricett, a hamlet with a moated site.
Bridge
| Briges / Bringas: Roger Bigot and Robert de Curcun from him. 2 mills, saltpan. 20 goats. |
Bridge Farm by Dunwich River and the sea.
Brightwell
| Brihtewelle: Abbot of Ely. 2 mills, church. |
Heathland.
Brockford
| Brocfort: Abbot of St. Edmund's before and after 1066. |
Now Brockford Street; Brockford House near a Roman road; moated site.
Brockley (near Whepstead)
| Brocle(ga): Roger de Poitou; Richard from Robert FitzCorbucion; Abbot of St. Edmund's. Church. |
2 moated sites; ancient hall site.
Brockley (in Kedington)
| Brochola: Robert FitzGilbert. |
Now Brockley Green near Kedington.
Brome
| Brom / Brum: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot; Robert Malet and William Scutet and Warin from him; Roger Bigot and Hugh de Corbon from him; Ralph de Beaufour; Abbot of St. Edmund's; Bishop of Thetford. ½ church. |
Moated site; church with a Norman doorway.
Bromeswelle
| Bram(m)eswella / Bromeswella / Brumesuelle / -swella, Brumfella: Count Alan; Robert Malet's mother and Hubert de Monchensey and Gilbert de Colville from her; Abbot of Ely and Robert Malet from him. 2 churches. |
Large; partly Norman church.
Browston
| Brockestuna: King's land, kept by Roger Bigot. |
Now Browston Green.
Bruisyard
| Buresiart: Hamo de Valenis from Count Alan; Roger Bigot and Ralph de Turlaville from him. 24 pigs. |
Hall, c.1610, on the site of a 14th century chantry college, later a nunnery of Poor Clares.
Brundon
| Branduna: Ralph de Limesy. |
Brundon Hall on the River Stour near Sudbury.
Bucklesham
| Buclesham / Bukelesham: Count of Mortain; Abbot of Ely. Church. |
Hall on a prehistoric settlement and burial site.
Bulcamp
| Bulecampa / campe: Roger Bigot from the king and Robert de Vals from him. Godric the Steward. 40 goats. |
Bulcamp House, built 1765-6 as a workhouse by Thomas Fulcher, who received 15 guineas for his drawings and attendances; now an old people's 'hospital'.
Bungay
| Bongeia / Bung- / Burghea: King's land, kept by William de Noyers; Earl Hugh and William from him. 4 churches, 2½ mills. 60 goats, 100 sheep. |
Town, mainly 18th century. Its 12th century castle, built by Earl Hugh Bigod, was restored in 1965. St. Mary's was originally the church of the Benedictine nunnery founded by Gundreda, wife of Roger de Glanville. There is a butter cross in the market place.
Bures
| Bura / Bure: Abbot of St. Edmund's before and after 1066; Richard FitzGilbert; Roger de Raismes; John FitzWaleran, formerly King Edward. Church, mill. 50 pigs, 100 sheep. |
Mill. St. Edmund was crowned here, Christmas Day, 855. St. Stephen's Chapel, 1218, contains the tombs of 3 Earls of Oxford. 2 16th century houses.
Burgate (near Eye)
| Burgata: Adelm from Aubrey de Vere. Churches. 12 horses, 80 pigs, 176 sheep, 57 goats. |
Name means 'burial gate'. King Edmund the Martyr's body lay for a night here on its journey from Hoxne to Bury St. Edmund's. Traces of Iron Age occupation; Saxon earthwork.
Burgate (in Walton)
| Buregata: Roger Bigot and Wihtmar from him. |
Part of Felixstowe.
Burgh (in Walton)
| Burch / Burg: Ralph brother of Ilger. |
Part of Felixstowe.
Burgh (near Woodbridge)
| Burc(g) / Burg / Burch / Burh(c): Count Alan; Earl Hugh; Roger de Poitou and Ernolf from him; Abbot of Ely; Roger de Glanville from William de Warenne; Hugh de Montfort; Geoffrey de Mandeville; Countess of Albemarle; Humphrey the Chamberlain. |
Roman villa site above an important Belgic Iron Age site containing pottery.
Burgh Castle
| Burch: Ralph the Crossbowman. 3 saltpans. 160 sheep. |
Marshes. The castle is a Roman fort, Garianonum, probably built c.290 AD; 3 massive walls remaining.
Burstall
| Burgestala / Burghestala: Bishop of Bayeux and Ralph de Savigny and Roger Bigot from him; Richard FitzGilbert and Ulmar from him; Ranulph Peverel. Church, ½ mill. |
Bury St. Edmunds
| Villa Sancti Eadmundi: Abbot of St. Edmund's. 2 mills, monastery, 2 fishponds. 30 priests, deacons and clerks, 28 nuns and poor persons, 75 bakers, ale brewers, tailors, washerwomen, shoemakers, robe makers, porters, cooks and agents, 34 knights, French and English, 342 houses. 118 monks. |
Town on the River Lark. Industries include brewing as well as agriculture. The ruins of the medieval abbey are in Abbey Gardens.
Butley
| Butelai / lea: Count Alan; Robert Malet's mother and Walter FitzAubrey from her; Roger de Poitou. |
Coastal; marshland; remains of Augustinian priory, founded 1171 by Ranulph de Glanville. 14 century gatehouse; late Neolithic 'Beaker' settlement nearby.
Buxhall
| Bukeshala / -ssalla / Buressalla: Count Eustace; Roger Bigot; Roger de Poitou; Frodo the Abbot's brother; Abbot of Ely; William de Warenne and Humphrey from him. Church, ½ mill. |
Copinger family manor, 1428-1948. Sir William (b.1512) was Lord Mayor of London.
