Marlingford

Other current and historical names

Merlingeforda
Marthingheforda

Parish/Community: Marlingford and Colton
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'18"N 1°8'54"E
Eastings/Northings: 613130, 309168
OS Grid: TG131091
Mapcode Local: GBR TDQ.H5F
Mapcode Global: WHLS7.MY26

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

Marlingford in historic gazetteers

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

Marlingford, par. and vil., Norfolk, 6 miles W. of Norwich, 674 ac., pop. 226; P.O.

Marlingford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 22 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 22 cattle; 8 pigs; 9 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Marlingford, Norfolk

Marlingford is a village in Norfolk

Marlingford in historic gazetteers

Marlingford in the Domesday Book