Horningtoft

Other current and historical names

Hornincgetoft
Horninghetoft

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'14"N 0°52'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 593568, 323105
OS Grid: TF935231
Mapcode Local: GBR R84.B85
Mapcode Global: WHLRJ.9MK6

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

Horningtoft in historic gazetteers

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

Horningtoft, par., W. Norfolk, 5 miles S. of Fakenham, 1405 ac., pop. 210.

Horningtoft in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Archbishop Stigand; Alfhere
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 7 smallholders; 18 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 340 pigs
- Other resources: 0.5 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 1 cattle; 20 goats
- Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 20 pigs; 20 goats

British Place Names

Horningtoft, Norfolk

Horningtoft is a village in Norfolk

Horningtoft in historic gazetteers

Horningtoft in the Domesday Book