Shelfanger

Other current and historical names

Scelnangra
Sceluagra
Sceluangraua

Parish/Community: Shelfanger
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'32"N 1°5'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 610500, 283500
OS Grid: TM105835
Mapcode Local: GBR THC.TH5
Mapcode Global: VHL90.WQX4

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

Shelfanger in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cola
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of 'Spain' (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 15 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Modeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 15 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
3rd 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
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/9½ in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Churches: 1
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £8 3/2½ in 1070; £8 3/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs
6th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the falconer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edric the falconer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric the falconer
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 3 pigs
7th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 1/2½ in 1070; 1/2½ in 1086

British Place Names

Shelfanger, Norfolk

Shelfanger is a settlement in Norfolk

Shelfanger in historic gazetteers

Shelfanger in the Domesday Book