Frenze

Other current and historical names

Frense
Frisa

Parish/Community: Scole
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'47"N 1°8'9"E
Eastings/Northings: 613535, 280382
OS Grid: TM135803
Mapcode Local: GBR THT.S19
Mapcode Global: VHL97.MGW0

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

Frenze in historic gazetteers

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

Frenze, hamlet, 1½ mile NE. of Diss, S. Norfolk; in vicinity is Frenze Hall. See SCOLE WITH THORPE PARVA AND FRENZE.

Frenze in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Frenze, Norfolk

Frenze is a hamlet in Norfolk

Frenze in historic gazetteers

Frenze in the Domesday Book