Foulden

Other current and historical names

Fugalduna
Fulenduna

Built-Up Area: Foulden
Parish/Community: Foulden
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'38"N 0°36'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 576604, 299064
OS Grid: TL766990
Mapcode Local: GBR Q8Z.HHM
Mapcode Global: WHKR7.7WTP

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

Foulden in historic gazetteers

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

Foulden, par., W. Norfolk, 4 miles SE. of Stoke Ferry, 3395 ac., pop. 459; P.O.

Foulden in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 24 free men (subinfeudated); William son of Reginald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 16 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldstan
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ribald brother of Count Alan (subinfeudated); 2 free men (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Foulden, Norfolk

Foulden is a village in Norfolk

Foulden in historic gazetteers

Foulden in the Domesday Book