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Village History
It is thought that the village of Campsea Ashe had its origins in Viking times, between 800-1066AD, when there were two small settlements. The evidence for this comes from the Viking names of these settlements. One was called “Kampi Ey”meaning a camp and an island. The other was named as“Esca”, meaning Ash. An ash tree was often grown to mark a settlement . The Norse people believed that the ash tree was the tree of life and therefore very important.
The name of the village(s) has changed many times over the centuries and even today there are two different spellings.
After the Norman Conquest, the village was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, where the manor of Campesiawas referred to as a small flourishing settlement of over 200 acres. Esca was recorded as a smaller neighbouring settlement.
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