Colkirk

Other current and historical names

Cole
Colechirca

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'4"N 0°50'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 592058, 326424
OS Grid: TF920264
Mapcode Local: GBR R7Q.C36
Mapcode Global: WHKQ5.ZVRD

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

Colkirk in historic gazetteers

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

Colkirk, par., W. Norfolk, 2 miles S. of Fakenham, 1482 ac., pop. 431; P.O.

Colkirk in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £9 1/12 in 1086
- Households: 12 smallholders; 14 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 27 pigs; 160 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Woodland: 60 acres

British Place Names

Colkirk, Norfolk

Colkirk is a village in Norfolk

Colkirk in historic gazetteers

Colkirk in the Domesday Book