Sloley

Other current and historical names

Slaleia
Saleia

Parish/Community: Sloley
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'19"N 1°23'49"E
Eastings/Northings: 629245, 324808
OS Grid: TG292248
Mapcode Local: GBR WG5.025
Mapcode Global: WHMSX.FLH3

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

Sloley in historic gazetteers

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

Sloley, par. and vil., Norfolk, 3 miles NE. of Coltishall, 719 ac., pop. 264.

Sloley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 120 pigs
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ketil Alder
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skeet
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald son of Ivo
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 1 villager

British Place Names

Sloley, Norfolk

Sloley is a village in Norfolk

Sloley in historic gazetteers

Sloley in the Domesday Book