Oxborough

Other current and historical names

Oxenburh
Oxenburch

Parish/Community: Oxborough
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'0"N 0°34'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 574398, 301523
OS Grid: TF743015
Mapcode Local: GBR P7F.1LQ
Mapcode Global: WHKR6.RBW8

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

Oxborough in historic gazetteers

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

Oxborough, par. and vil., Norfolk - par., 2578 ac., pop. 228; vil., 7 miles SW. of Swaffham; P.O.; in vicinity is Oxborough Hall, seat.

Oxborough in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil; Free men, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 13 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1066: 31 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 15 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 1 villager

British Place Names

Oxborough, Norfolk

Oxborough is a village in Norfolk

Oxborough in historic gazetteers

Oxborough in the Domesday Book