Topcroft

Other current and historical names

Topecroft
Topecropt

Parish/Community: Topcroft
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'20"N 1°20'6"E
Eastings/Northings: 626520, 293134
OS Grid: TM265931
Mapcode Local: GBR WKC.VS3
Mapcode Global: VHL8S.3P4Q

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

Topcroft in historic gazetteers

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

Topcroft, par.and vil., Norfolk, 5 m. NW. of Bungay and 7 m. SW. of Loddon, 1875 ac., pop. 357; P.O.

Topcroft in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Edric; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 10/- in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 59 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 14 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 40 pigs; 20 goats; 1 horses at the hall
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Priests, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berengar of Topcroft (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 3 pigs

British Place Names

Topcroft, Norfolk

Topcroft is a village in Norfolk

Topcroft in historic gazetteers

Topcroft in the Domesday Book