Crimplesham

Other current and historical names

Creplesham
Crepelesham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'24"N 0°26'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 565036, 303779
OS Grid: TF650037
Mapcode Local: GBR N5J.GZL
Mapcode Global: WHJPT.NRQ0

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

Crimplesham in historic gazetteers

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

Crimplesham, par., W. Norfolk, 3 miles E. of Downham, 1620 ac., pop. 293; P.O.

Crimplesham in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald son of Ivo
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Thorkil (subinfeudated); Reginald son of Ivo
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 16/12 in 1066; £8 1/- in 1070; £8 11/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 9 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Other resources: 1.5 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 2 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Crimplesham, Norfolk

Crimplesham is a village in Norfolk

Crimplesham in historic gazetteers

Crimplesham in the Domesday Book