Beighton

Other current and historical names

Begetona
Begetuna

Parish/Community: Beighton
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'55"N 1°30'57"E
Eastings/Northings: 638114, 307761
OS Grid: TG381077
Mapcode Local: GBR XKL.03C
Mapcode Global: WHMTR.8J4B

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

Beighton in historic gazetteers

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

Beighton, par., S. Norfolk, 3 miles NE. of Buckenham, 1015 ac., pop. 272; P.O.

Beighton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 13/9½ in 1086
- Households: 29 smallholders; 14 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 16 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hofward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 7 acres

British Place Names

Beighton, Norfolk

Beighton is a village in Norfolk

Beighton in historic gazetteers

Beighton in the Domesday Book