Cawston

Other current and historical names

Castona
Castune
Calvestune

Built-Up Area: Cawston
Parish/Community: Cawston
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'12"N 1°9'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 613599, 323863
OS Grid: TG135238
Mapcode Local: GBR VDJ.7BL
Mapcode Global: WHLRN.VMWQ

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

Cawston in historic gazetteers

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

Cawston.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Norfolk, 4 miles SW. of Aylsham, 4296 ac., pop. 1096; P.O.

Cawston in the Domesday Book

A village in South Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 0.33

British Place Names

Cawston, Norfolk

Cawston is a village in Norfolk

Cawston in historic gazetteers

Cawston in the Domesday Book