Beetley

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°43'0"N 0°55'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 597365, 317254
OS Grid: TF973172
Mapcode Local: GBR SB3.RJW
Mapcode Global: WHLRR.3ZN1

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

Beetley in historic gazetteers

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

Beetley, par., West Norfolk, 4 miles NW. of East Dereham, 1770 ac., pop. 341; P.O.

Beetley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham; Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 10 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £32 in 1070; £32 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 48 villagers; 63 smallholders; 25 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 535 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 5
- Animals in 1086: 32 pigs; 35 goats; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Beetley, Norfolk

Beetley is a village in Norfolk

Beetley in historic gazetteers

Beetley in the Domesday Book