Gooderstone

Other current and historical names

Godestuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'17"N 0°35'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 576220, 302111
OS Grid: TF762021
Mapcode Local: GBR Q8L.NH1
Mapcode Global: WHKR7.56XN

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

Gooderstone in historic gazetteers

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

Gooderstone, par., W. Norfolk, 6½ miles SW. of Swaffham, 2781 ac., pop. 487; P.O.

Gooderstone in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Asgot; Free men, ten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 16 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 5
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1066: 7 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Gooderstone, Norfolk

Gooderstone is a village in Norfolk

Gooderstone in historic gazetteers

Gooderstone in the Domesday Book