Swainsthorpe

Other current and historical names

Sueinestorp
Torp

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'39"N 1°16'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 621984, 300949
OS Grid: TG219009
Mapcode Local: GBR VH5.JS9
Mapcode Global: WHMTT.JWNG

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

Swainsthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Swainsthorpe, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Norfolk - par., 821 ac., pop. 291; vil., 4 m. SW. of Norwich; P.O.

Swainsthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable; Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fifteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Tovi
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tovi
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 9/- in 1086
- Households: 13.5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 0.5
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre
3rd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Swainsthorpe, Norfolk

Swainsthorpe is a village in Norfolk

Swainsthorpe in historic gazetteers

Swainsthorpe in the Domesday Book