Carbrooke

Other current and historical names

Cherebroc

Built-Up Area: Carbrooke
Parish/Community: Carbrooke
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'0"N 0°52'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 594908, 302299
OS Grid: TF949022
Mapcode Local: GBR SCT.05J
Mapcode Global: WHLSH.FB35

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

Carbrooke in historic gazetteers

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

Carbrooke, par., W. Norfolk, 8 miles SW. of Dereham, 3033 ac., pop. 612; P.O.

Carbrooke in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfhere
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 6 villagers; 18 smallholders; 24 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 400 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 0.5 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Households: 13 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 300 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 3 cows; 9 pigs

British Place Names

Carbrooke, Norfolk

Carbrooke is a village in Norfolk

Carbrooke in historic gazetteers

Carbrooke in the Domesday Book