Southery

Other current and historical names

Southrey
Sutreia

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'37"N 0°23'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 562074, 294815
OS Grid: TL620948
Mapcode Local: GBR N6F.GV4
Mapcode Global: VHJF4.NRT3

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

Southery in historic gazetteers

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

Southery, par. and vil., Norfolk - par., 3695 ac., pop. 1176; vil., on river Ouse, 6 miles S. of Downham; P.O., T.O.

Southery in the Domesday Book

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

- 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: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 12/- in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 7 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 31 cattle; 11 pigs; 4 cobs; 11 wild mares

British Place Names

Southery, Norfolk

Southery is a village in Norfolk

Southery in historic gazetteers

Southery in the Domesday Book