Catfield

Other current and historical names

Catefelda
Catesfelda

Built-Up Area: Catfield
Parish/Community: Catfield
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°44'25"N 1°32'3"E
Eastings/Northings: 638670, 321708
OS Grid: TG386217
Mapcode Local: GBR XJ1.4PX
Mapcode Global: WHMT5.JDT2

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

Catfield in historic gazetteers

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

Catfield, par. and ry. sta., S. Norfolk, 12 miles NE. of Norwich, 2393 ac., pop. 631; contains C. Hall.

Catfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Edric the steersman; Free men, eleven; Free man, one; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan; Edric the steersman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 9 smallholders; 19 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres

British Place Names

Catfield, Norfolk

Catfield is a village in Norfolk

Catfield in historic gazetteers

Catfield in the Domesday Book