Bawdeswell

Other current and historical names

Baldereswella

Built-Up Area: Bawdeswell
Parish/Community: Bawdeswell
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°44'48"N 1°1'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 604703, 320880
OS Grid: TG047208
Mapcode Local: GBR TC6.X56
Mapcode Global: WHLRS.T792

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

Bawdeswell in historic gazetteers

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

Bawdeswell, par., N. Norfolk, 3 miles SW. of Reepham, 1196 ac., pop. 447; P.O.

Bawdeswell in the Domesday Book

A village in Eynesford hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfheah
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 6.5 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 300 pigs
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lord
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 21 smallholders; 14 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 310 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 30 pigs; 60 goats; 2 cobs; 5 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 22 pigs; 1 cob; 7 beehives

British Place Names

Bawdeswell, Norfolk

Bawdeswell is a village in Norfolk

Bawdeswell in historic gazetteers

Bawdeswell in the Domesday Book