Horsford

Other current and historical names

Hosforda

Built-Up Area: Horsford
Parish/Community: Horsford
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'53"N 1°14'39"E
Eastings/Northings: 619311, 316105
OS Grid: TG193161
Mapcode Local: GBR VFD.WYZ
Mapcode Global: WHMT7.2FRV

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

Horsford in historic gazetteers

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

Horsford, par. and vil., S. Norfolk, 5 miles NW. of Norwich, 4177 ac., pop. 697; P.O.

Horsford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 21 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 17 pigs; 1 cob; 15 beehives

British Place Names

Horsford, Norfolk

Horsford is a village in Norfolk

Horsford in historic gazetteers

Horsford in the Domesday Book