Bodham

Other current and historical names

Botham
Bodenham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°54'52"N 1°9'41"E
Eastings/Northings: 612657, 339925
OS Grid: TG126399
Mapcode Local: GBR VBS.6GP
Mapcode Global: WHLQW.TZ7Z

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

Bodham in historic gazetteers

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

Bodham, par., . Norfolk, 3 miles E. of Holt, 1688 ac., pop. 302; P.O.; contains Bodham Street vil.

Bodham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi of Raynham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 5 pigs; 17 goats; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 17 goats; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oslac of Letheringsett
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs

British Place Names

Bodham, Norfolk

Bodham is a village in Norfolk

Bodham in historic gazetteers

Bodham in the Domesday Book