Hoe, Norfolk :: The British Place Names Website

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Parish/Community: Hoe
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'42"N 0°57'12"E
Eastings/Northings: 599614, 316777
OS Grid: TF996167
Mapcode Local: GBR SB5.V7L
Mapcode Global: WHLRY.M39D

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

Hoe in historic gazetteers

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

Hoe.-- par., W. Norfolk, 2½ miles NE. of Dereham, 1400 ac., pop. 197.

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

Hoo, W. Norfolk. See Hoe.

Hoe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 104 pigs
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Hoe, Norfolk

Hoe is a hamlet in Norfolk

Hoe in historic gazetteers

Hoe in the Domesday Book