Besthorpe

Other current and historical names

Besthorp

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'14"N 1°2'6"E
Eastings/Northings: 606008, 295754
OS Grid: TM060957
Mapcode Local: GBR TFX.Y7F
Mapcode Global: VHKBY.WXJ0

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

Besthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Besthorpe.-- par., S. Norfolk, 1 mile E. of Attleborough, 2164 ac. pop. 488; P.O.

Besthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Free men, five; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 7/12 in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 17 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 2 oxen

British Place Names

Besthorpe, Norfolk

Besthorpe is a village in Attleborough, Norfolk

Besthorpe in historic gazetteers

Besthorpe in the Domesday Book