Snettisham

Other current and historical names

Snetesham
Snesham
Netesham

Built-Up Area: Snettisham
Parish/Community: Snettisham
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°52'46"N 0°30'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 568483, 334283
OS Grid: TF684342
Mapcode Local: GBR P3N.FSK
Mapcode Global: WHKPM.PWC9

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

Snettisham in historic gazetteers

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

Snettisham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Norfolk - par., 5580 ac. land and 9660 water, pop. 1238; vil., 10¼ miles N. of Kings Lynn; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Snettisham Hall, seat.

Snettisham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 15 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 1.5
- Other resources: 0.66 salthouses; 1 fishery

British Place Names

Snettisham, Norfolk

Snettisham is a village in Norfolk

Snettisham in historic gazetteers

Snettisham in the Domesday Book