Burwell

Other current and historical names

Burwel
Burewelle

Built-Up Area: Burwell
Parish/Community: Burwell
District/Borough: East Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'31"N 0°19'38"E
Eastings/Northings: 558888, 266689
OS Grid: TL588666
Mapcode Local: GBR N9F.CL8
Mapcode Global: VHHK0.M2GH

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

Burwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Staploe hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 10 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 42.5 villagers; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value 6/7¼
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alan of Burwell (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value 6/7¼
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Swaffham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Turch, the Abbot of Ramsey's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Burwell, Cambridgeshire

Burwell is a village in Cambridgeshire

Burwell in historic gazetteers

Burwell in the Domesday Book