Brooke

Other current and historical names

Broc

Built-Up Area: Brooke
Parish/Community: Brooke
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'27"N 1°22'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 628602, 299021
OS Grid: TM286990
Mapcode Local: GBR WJT.R2Q
Mapcode Global: VHL8L.PDGF

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

Brooke in historic gazetteers

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

Brooke.-- par., S. Norfolk, 4¾ miles NW. of Loddon, 2135 ac., pop. 706; P.O.; contains B. Hall and B. Park, the latter the seat of Viscount Canterbury.

Brooke in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Free men, sixteen; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berengar of Topcroft (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 7 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 43 villagers; 13 smallholders; 47 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 70 pigs
- Churches: 1.25
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 40 pigs; 20 goats; 5 cobs

British Place Names

Brooke, Norfolk

Brooke is a village in Norfolk

Brooke in historic gazetteers

Brooke in the Domesday Book