Methwold

Other current and historical names

Methelwalde
Matelwalde

Built-Up Area: Methwold
Parish/Community: Methwold
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'23"N 0°33'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 573291, 294779
OS Grid: TL732947
Mapcode Local: GBR P7Z.W02
Mapcode Global: VHJF7.JVM0

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

Methwold in historic gazetteers

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

Methwold, par. and vil., Norfolk, 5½ miles NW. of Brandon, 13,192 ac., pop. 1453; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has traces of a small priory.

Methwold in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Sigmund of Rockland (subinfeudated); Walter (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £4 5/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Methwold, Norfolk

Methwold is a village in Norfolk

Methwold in historic gazetteers

Methwold in the Domesday Book