Howe, Norfolk :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Howa
Hou

Parish/Community: Howe
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'56"N 1°20'55"E
Eastings/Northings: 627142, 299850
OS Grid: TM271998
Mapcode Local: GBR WJS.5T2
Mapcode Global: VHL8L.B6D6

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

Howe in historic gazetteers

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

Howe.-- par., S. Norfolk, 6½ miles SE. of Norwich, 757 ac., pop. 92.

Howe in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth Grutt
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 41 pigs

British Place Names

Howe, Norfolk

Howe is a hamlet in Norfolk

Howe in historic gazetteers

Howe in the Domesday Book