Hemsby

Other current and historical names

Haimesbei

Built-Up Area: Hemsby
Parish/Community: Hemsby
District/Borough: Great Yarmouth
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'49"N 1°41'29"E
Eastings/Northings: 649523, 317446
OS Grid: TG495174
Mapcode Local: GBR YP5.VVG
Mapcode Global: WHNVK.YGMM

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

Hemsby in historic gazetteers

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

Hemsby, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Norfolk, 6½ miles N. of Yarmouth, 1785 ac., pop. 648; P.O.; Hemsby Gat, channel across the Barber Sand, is 3½ miles long and ½ mile wide; to W. of vil. is the seat of Hemsby Hall.

Hemsby in the Domesday Book

A village in West Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Alan (subinfeudated); Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £26 in 1066; £29 1/2½ in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 18 smallholders; 33 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 13 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 98 acres
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 2 salthouses
- Animals in 1086: 12 pigs

British Place Names

Hemsby, Norfolk

Hemsby is a village in Norfolk

Hemsby in historic gazetteers

Hemsby in the Domesday Book