Writtle

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Writtle is a village in Essex

Other current and historical names

Writa
Wiretala

Built-Up Area: Writtle
Parish/Community: Writtle
District/Borough: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°43'48"N 0°25'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 567859, 206288
OS Grid: TL678062
Mapcode Local: GBR NJ5.FBD
Mapcode Global: VHJK1.DS80

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

Writtle in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Writtle, par. and vil., Essex - par. (containing Highwood), 8786 ac., pop. 2412; vil., 2 miles W. of Chelmsford; P.O., T.O.; has several endowed schools.

Writtle in the Domesday Book

A village in Chelmsford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold; Earl Harold's reeve; Priest, one; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert Bishop of Hereford (subinfeudated); Count Eustace (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £22 in 1066; £119 10/- in 1086
- Households: 76 villagers; 68 smallholders; 2 freemen; 18 slaves; 1 priest; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 47 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 92 acres
- Woodland: 1300 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 40 cattle; 172 pigs; 9 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 40 cattle; 172 pigs; 9 cobs; 5 foals
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold; Bishop of Hereford St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Hereford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Hereford
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Writtle, Essex

Writtle is a village in Essex

Writtle in historic gazetteers

Writtle in the Domesday Book