Harpley

Other current and historical names

Harp
Herpelai

Parish/Community: Harpley
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'4"N 0°39'0"E
Eastings/Northings: 578758, 325931
OS Grid: TF787259
Mapcode Local: GBR Q64.96G
Mapcode Global: WHKQ2.YVSB

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

Harpley in historic gazetteers

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

Harpley.-- par. and vil., W. Norfolk, on eminence, 12 miles NE. of King's Lynn, 2193 ac., pop. 425; P.O.

Harpley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 9 smallholders; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Walton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Grandcourt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 10 smallholders; 12 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Other resources: 0.5 salthouses
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 10 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Harpley, Norfolk

Harpley is a village in Norfolk

Harpley in historic gazetteers

Harpley in the Domesday Book