Dilham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme; Earl Ralph the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/12 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 12.5 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 15/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders; 2.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 7 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough