Scarning

Other current and historical names

Scaning
Scernenga
Scer
Scher
Podmore

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'15"N 0°53'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 595519, 312077
OS Grid: TF955120
Mapcode Local: GBR SBN.HX6
Mapcode Global: WHLS3.N443

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

Scarning in historic gazetteers

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

Scaning, par. and vil., Norfolk - par., 3470 ac., pop. 6G6; vil., 2 miles W. of Dereham; P.O.

Scarning in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fredegis of Scarning
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 2 freemen
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Scarning, Norfolk

Scarning is a village in Norfolk

Scarning in historic gazetteers

Scarning in the Domesday Book