Lessingham

Other current and historical names

Lassingham
Losincham

Parish/Community: Lessingham
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°47'53"N 1°33'1"E
Eastings/Northings: 639439, 328212
OS Grid: TG394282
Mapcode Local: GBR XH9.GT2
Mapcode Global: WHMSS.SXGM

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

Lessingham in historic gazetteers

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

Lessingham, par. and vil., Norfolk, 7 miles SE. of North Walsham, 639 ac., pop. 176; P.O.

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

Lassingham, Norfolk. See LESSINGHAM.

Lessingham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 16 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 7 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Lessingham, Norfolk

Lessingham is a village in Norfolk

Lessingham in historic gazetteers

Lessingham in the Domesday Book