Tacolneston

Other current and historical names

Tacolnestone
Tacolston
Tacoluestuna

Built-Up Area: Forncett End
Parish/Community: Tacolneston
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'19"N 1°9'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 614162, 294400
OS Grid: TM141944
Mapcode Local: GBR TG8.YDC
Mapcode Global: VHL8N.Y9H6

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

Tacolneston in historic gazetteers

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

Tacolnestone (or Tacolston), par. and vil., Norfolk, 4 miles SE. of Wymondham, 1580 ac., pop. 438; P.O.; Tacolnestone Hall is the seat of the Boileau family.

Tacolneston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 29 smallholders; 5 freemen; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 50 pigs; 15 goats; 4 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Tacolneston, Norfolk

Tacolneston is a village in Forncett End, Norfolk

Tacolneston in historic gazetteers

Tacolneston in the Domesday Book