Gaywood

Other current and historical names

Gaiuude

Built-Up Area: King's Lynn
Parish/Community: King's Lynn and West Norfolk, unparished area
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'21"N 0°26'2"E
Eastings/Northings: 564349, 320371
OS Grid: TF643203
Mapcode Local: GBR N3S.8JJ
Mapcode Global: WHJP1.MZVL

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

Gaywood in historic gazetteers

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

Gaywood.-- par. and vil., W. Norfolk, on river Gaywood, 1 mile E. of King's Lynn, 2212 ac., pop. 805; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Gaywood Hall.

Gaywood in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £13 in 1066; £18 10/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 24 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 44 acres
- Woodland: 160 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 21 salthouses
- Animals in 1066: 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 25 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Gaywood, Norfolk

Gaywood is a suburban area in King's Lynn, Norfolk

Gaywood in historic gazetteers

Gaywood in the Domesday Book