Blickling in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme; Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 18 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £31 5/- in 1066; £41 8/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 39 villagers; 57 smallholders; 69.5 freemen; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 20 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 32 acres
  • Woodland: 1068 pigs
  • Mills: 3
  • Animals in 1066: 20 cattle; 40 pigs; 50 goats; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 48 pigs; 50 goats; 5 cobs; 5 beehives; 2 oxen

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 15/- in 1066; £9 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 30 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 118 pigs
  • Mills: 1.87
  • Animals in 1086: 16 pigs; 1 cob