Tharston

Other current and historical names

Therstuna
Sterstuna
Sterestuna

Parish/Community: Tharston and Hapton
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'12"N 1°13'28"E
Eastings/Northings: 618954, 294404
OS Grid: TM189944
Mapcode Local: GBR VHW.4F8
Mapcode Global: VHL8Q.5BRL

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

Tharston in historic gazetteers

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

Tharston, par. and vil., Norfolk, 1 mile NE. of Forncett sta. and 9½ miles SW. of Norwich, 1582 ac., pop. 375.

Tharston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric; Free men, seven and one half
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 5/12 in 1066; £6 3/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 24 smallholders; 33 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 17 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 40 pigs; 4 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 beehive
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 4 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Tharston, Norfolk

Tharston is a village in Norfolk

Tharston in historic gazetteers

Tharston in the Domesday Book