Stokesby

Other current and historical names

Stokesbey
Stokesbei
Stoches
Stokesby With Herringby

Parish/Community: Stokesby with Herringby
District/Borough: Great Yarmouth
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'19"N 1°35'33"E
Eastings/Northings: 643179, 310613
OS Grid: TG431106
Mapcode Local: GBR YQ6.FJ9
Mapcode Global: WHMTL.FXNZ

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

Stokesby in historic gazetteers

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

Stokesby with Herringby, par., Norfolk, 2119 ac., pop. 333; contains Stokesby, vil., on river Bure, 6 miles NW. of Yarmouth; P.O.

Stokesby in the Domesday Book

A village in East Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Hardwin brother of Earl Ralph
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwin; Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 10/- in 1066; £10 17/2½ in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 slaves; 21 men
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 3 salthouses
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 10 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 10 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Stokesby, Norfolk

Stokesby is a village in Norfolk

Stokesby in historic gazetteers

Stokesby in the Domesday Book