Blofield

Other current and historical names

Blafelda
Blauuefelda

Built-Up Area: Blofield
Parish/Community: Blofield
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'4"N 1°26'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 633405, 309661
OS Grid: TG334096
Mapcode Local: GBR XK3.T1J
Mapcode Global: WHMTQ.61QN

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

Blofield in historic gazetteers

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

Blofield.-- hundred, S. Norfolk, 19,594 ac., pop. 6598; contains 24 pars. and part of another.

Blofield in the Domesday Book

A village in Blofield 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: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 48 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 11 pigs; 3 goats; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Blofield, Norfolk

Blofield is a village in Norfolk

Blofield in historic gazetteers

Blofield in the Domesday Book