Crownthorpe

Other current and historical names

Cronkethor
Congrethorp

Parish/Community: Wicklewood
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'21"N 1°4'35"E
Eastings/Northings: 608500, 303500
OS Grid: TG085035
Mapcode Local: GBR TF6.P0D
Mapcode Global: WHLSL.H5WT

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

Crownthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Crownthorpe, par., S. Norfolk, on river Yare, 2½ miles NW. of Wymondham, 696 ac., pop. 68; P.O.

Crownthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Coleman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Crownthorpe, Norfolk

Crownthorpe is a settlement in Norfolk

Crownthorpe in historic gazetteers

Crownthorpe in the Domesday Book