Narborough

Other current and historical names

Narburgh
Neirborrough
Nereburh

Built-Up Area: Narborough
Parish/Community: Narborough
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'1"N 0°35'13"E
Eastings/Northings: 574969, 312708
OS Grid: TF749127
Mapcode Local: GBR P62.R7F
Mapcode Global: WHKQM.ZSPX

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

Narborough in historic gazetteers

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

Narburgh, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Narborough), Norfolk, on river Nar, 6 miles NW. of Swaffham, 3545 ac., pop. 435; P.O., T.O., called Narborough; has important corn and coal trade; in vicinity of sta. is the seat of Narborough Hall.

Narborough in the Domesday Book

A village in [South] Greenhoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 10 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Mills: 3
- Animals in 1066: 13 cattle; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 25 pigs; 2 cobs; 3 beehives

British Place Names

Narborough, Norfolk

Narborough is a village in Norfolk

Narborough in historic gazetteers

Narborough in the Domesday Book