Egmere

Other current and historical names

Fauna in Norfolk

Parish/Community: Walsingham
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°54'4"N 0°49'51"E
Eastings/Northings: 590500, 337500
OS Grid: TF905375
Mapcode Local: GBR R6K.0X1
Mapcode Global: WHKPS.QBWR

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

Egmere in historic gazetteers

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

Egmere, par., N. Norfolk, 3 miles W. of Walsingham, 1237 ac., pop. 97.

Egmere in the Domesday Book

A village in [North] Greenhoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Morel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £2 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Animals in 1066: 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 8 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Toki of Walton
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders; 1 freeman
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld

British Place Names

Egmere, Norfolk

Egmere is a settlement in Norfolk

Egmere in historic gazetteers

Egmere in the Domesday Book