There were 27 places in the hundred of Lexden in Domesday Book.
| Name | Households |
|---|---|
| Feering | 90 |
| [Earls, Wakes and White] Colne | 85 |
| [Marks] Tey | 49 |
| Langham | 44 |
| Wormingford | 43 |
| [Great and Little] Tey | 38.5 |
| Boxted | 34 |
| Colne [Engaine] | 32 |
| Dedham | 32 |
| Fordham | 31 |
| Messing | 28 |
| Copford | 27 |
| Wivenhoe | 27 |
| [Mount] Bures | 26 |
| Lexden | 25 |
| Stanway | 25 |
| [Little] Birch | 19 |
| [West] Bergholt | 19 |
| [East] Donyland | 17 |
| Markshall | 15 |
| [Great] Birch | 14 |
| Prested | 11 |
| Easthorpe | 10 |
| Crepping | 6 |
| Aldham | 4 |
| Bockingham | 1 |
| Byrton | 0 |