Loddon in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 12 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 10 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 21 pigs; 3 horses at the hall

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Blaec
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 13 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 14 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld