Swannington

Other current and historical names

Sueningatuna
Hengrave

Parish/Community: Swannington
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°43'44"N 1°9'30"E
Eastings/Northings: 613374, 319259
OS Grid: TG133192
Mapcode Local: GBR TCK.ZPC
Mapcode Global: WHLRV.RNWT

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

Swannington in historic gazetteers

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

Swannington, par., Norfolk, 9 miles NW. of Norwich, 1433 ac., pop. 326; contains Swannington Hall, seat.

Swannington in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn of Orwell
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil of Fourneaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs

British Place Names

Swannington, Norfolk

Swannington is a village in Norfolk

Swannington in historic gazetteers

Swannington in the Domesday Book