Domesday Book 1086 and 12th Century

Walynton was not specifically mentioned in the Domesday Book but two Knights are recorded for Ledbury holding a “hide” (120 acres). Ledbury was founded as a Manor “Denzein” (inhabited) with “Burgesses” (freemen) paying “Burgages” to the Lord of the Manor. The area outside the Manor became the “Manor Foreign” where life was of a more servile feudal nature. Later the Manor Foreign was split into 5 parts including Wellington and Plaistow.