Fishley

Other current and historical names

Fiscele

Parish/Community: Upton with Fishley
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'52"N 1°33'13"E
Eastings/Northings: 640500, 311500
OS Grid: TG405115
Mapcode Local: GBR XK1.XB6
Mapcode Global: WHMTK.VP3Y

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

Fishley in historic gazetteers

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

Fishley, hamlet, S. Norfolk, 11 miles E. of Norwich. See UPTON WITH FISHLEY.

Fishley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- 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: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 16 smallholders; 9 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 29 acres
- Other resources: 2 salthouses
- Animals in 1086: 7 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 25 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Fishley, Norfolk

Fishley is a settlement in Norfolk

Fishley in historic gazetteers

Fishley in the Domesday Book