Denver

Other current and historical names

Danefaela

Built-Up Area: Downham Market
Parish/Community: Denver
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'17"N 0°22'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 561398, 301588
OS Grid: TF613015
Mapcode Local: GBR N5N.M56
Mapcode Global: WHJPZ.T6MQ

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

Denver in historic gazetteers

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

Denver, par., W. Norfolk, 1½ mile S. of Downham Market, 3149 ac., pop. 837; P.O.

Denver in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Osmund
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Osmund; Free men, four; Free men, five and one half; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Wanchy (subinfeudated); William of Cailly (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Denver, Norfolk

Denver is a village in Downham Market, Norfolk

Denver in historic gazetteers

Denver in the Domesday Book