Thompson

Other current and historical names

Tomestuna
Tumesteda

Built-Up Area: Thompson
Parish/Community: Thompson
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'57"N 0°49'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 591500, 296500
OS Grid: TL915965
Mapcode Local: GBR RBZ.BLN
Mapcode Global: VHKBV.6LCS

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

Thompson in historic gazetteers

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

Thompson, par., Norfolk, 2½ miles SE. of Watton, 2890 ac., pop. 360; P.O.

Thompson in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Thompson, Norfolk

Thompson is a settlement in Norfolk

Thompson in historic gazetteers

Thompson in the Domesday Book