Gasthorpe

Other current and historical names

Gadesthorp
Gatesthorp
Gatesthor
Knettishall
Riddlesworth

Parish/Community: Riddlesworth
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'25"N 0°54'11"E
Eastings/Northings: 597643, 280889
OS Grid: TL976808
Mapcode Local: GBR SG5.150
Mapcode Global: VHKCN.L5SV

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

Gasthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Gasthorpe, par., S. Norfolk, on river Waveney, 7½ miles SE. of Thetford, 864 ac., pop. 94.

Gasthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: A certain Englishman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Gasthorpe, Norfolk

Gasthorpe is a hamlet in Norfolk

Gasthorpe in historic gazetteers

Gasthorpe in the Domesday Book