Broomsthorpe

Other current and historical names

Bruneston

Parish/Community: East Rudham
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°49'20"N 0°44'12"E
Eastings/Northings: 584500, 328500
OS Grid: TF845285
Mapcode Local: GBR R7D.12F
Mapcode Global: WHKQ4.9B22

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

Broomsthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Broomsthorpe, township and hamlet, East Rudham par., W. Norfolk, 5½ m.W. of Fakenham, 340ac., pop. 12.

Broomsthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Broomsthorpe, Norfolk

Broomsthorpe is a settlement in Norfolk

Broomsthorpe in historic gazetteers

Broomsthorpe in the Domesday Book