Thorpland

Built-Up Area: Runcton Holme
Parish/Community: Runcton Holme
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'3"N 0°23'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 561522, 308585
OS Grid: TF615085
Mapcode Local: GBR N4W.VW4
Mapcode Global: WHJPL.XM3J

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

Thorpland in historic gazetteers

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

Thorpland. See WALLINGTON CUM THORPLAND.

Thorpland in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bordin of Thorpland (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 9 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 10 pigs; 26 wild mares
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight and one half; Free men, eight; Free men, three; Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Thorpland, Norfolk

Thorpland is a hamlet in Runcton Holme, Norfolk

Thorpland in historic gazetteers

Thorpland in the Domesday Book