How many places are in the Domesday Book for Suffolk?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 547 settlements in Suffolk. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Suffolk in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Suffolk appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Suffolk Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 547 Suffolk settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Suffolk

Suffolk

547 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Suffolk has 547 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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A18 places

Acton Akenham Akethorpe Aldeburgh Alderton Aldham Aldringham Alnesbourn Alston Ampton Ash Ash [Street]Ashbocking Ashfield [Great] Ashfield Aspall Assington Aveley

D18 places

Dagworth Dalham Dallinghoo Darmsden Darsham Debach Debenham Denham Denham Dennington Denston Depden Desning Dodnash [Santon] Downham Drinkstone Dunningworth Dunwich

E10 places

Easton Easton [Bavents]Edwardstone Ellough Elmsett Elmswell Elveden Eriswell Erwarton Euston

G15 places

Gapton Gedding Gedgrave Gisleham Gislingham [Great] Glemham [Little] Glemham Glemsford Glevering Grimston [Hall]Groton Grundisburgh Gulpher Gusford Guthestuna

I6 places

Icklingham Ickworth Ingham Instead Isleton Ixworth

K18 places

Kalweton Kedington Kelsale Kembroke Kenton Kentwell Kersey Kesgrave Kessingland Kettlebaston Kettleburgh Kingsland Kingston Kirkley Kirkton Kirton Knodishall Kuluertestuna

M21 places

Maistana Manston Manton Marlesford Martlesham Martley [Long] Melford Mellis Mells Melton Mendlesham Mettingham Mickfield Middleton Milden Minsmere Monewden Morston Moulton Mutford Mycelegata

N11 places

Nacton Nedging Nettlestead Newbourn Newton Newton Newton [Old] Newton Norton Norton Nowton

O10 places

Oakley Occold Offton Olden Onehouse other Boyton other Whatfield Otley Ousden Oxelanda

P15 places

Pakefield Pakenham Palgrave Pannington Parham Peasenhall Pettaugh Peyton Playford Plumgeard Polstead Poslingford Potsford Preston Preston

U6 places

Ubbeston Udeham Ufford Uggeshall Ulverston Undley

Y2 places

Yaxley Yoxford

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