Earsham

Other current and historical names

Ersam
Hersam

Built-Up Area: Earsham
Parish/Community: Earsham
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'1"N 1°24'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 632261, 289105
OS Grid: TM322891
Mapcode Local: GBR WL1.BZH
Mapcode Global: VHM6G.HNST

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

Earsham in historic gazetteers

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

Earsham, par. and ry. sta., S. Norfolk, on river Waveney, 1 mile SW. of Bungay, 3052 ac., pop. 608; P.O.

Earsham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1066; £40 in 1070; £40 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 28 smallholders; 11 freemen; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Woodland: 240 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 40 pigs; 30 goats; 3 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 40 pigs; 30 goats; 3 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Earsham, Norfolk

Earsham is a village in Norfolk

Earsham in historic gazetteers

Earsham in the Domesday Book