Bessingham

Other current and historical names

Bassingham
Basingeham

Parish/Community: Sustead
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'4"N 1°13'5"E
Eastings/Northings: 616622, 336740
OS Grid: TG166367
Mapcode Local: GBR VC7.2T0
Mapcode Global: WHLR3.PR8J

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

Bessingham in historic gazetteers

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

Bessingham, par., N. Norfolk, 4½ miles SW. of Cromer, 514 ac., pop. 136.

Bessingham in the Domesday Book

A village in North Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Animals in 1086: 2 pigs

British Place Names

Bessingham, Norfolk

Bessingham is a village in Norfolk

Bessingham in historic gazetteers

Bessingham in the Domesday Book