Hempnall

Other current and historical names

Hemenhala

Built-Up Area: Hempnall
Parish/Community: Hempnall
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'8"N 1°17'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 623961, 294511
OS Grid: TM239945
Mapcode Local: GBR VHZ.51L
Mapcode Global: VHL8R.GC7F

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

Hempnall in historic gazetteers

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

Hempnall, par. and vil., S. Norfolk, 3½ miles NE. of Long Stratton and 9 miles S. of Norwich, 3636 ac., pop. 881; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is an ancient buryingground, which was excavated in 1854.

Hempnall in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorn of Hempnall; Free men, three and one-fourth part
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 9 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £25 15/- in 1086
- Households: 38 villagers; 70 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 27 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 9 cattle; 100 pigs; 5 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 60 pigs; 5 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 8 pigs

British Place Names

Hempnall, Norfolk

Hempnall is a village in Norfolk

Hempnall in historic gazetteers

Hempnall in the Domesday Book