Wheatacre

Other current and historical names

Wateaker
Hwateaker
Burgh St Peter
Wheatacre All Saints

Built-Up Area: Burgh St Peter
Parish/Community: Wheatacre
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'1"N 1°37'44"E
Eastings/Northings: 646500, 293500
OS Grid: TM465935
Mapcode Local: GBR YT4.BN5
Mapcode Global: VHM6D.6T1W

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

Wheatacre in historic gazetteers

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

Wheatacre All Saints, par., Norfolk, 4 miles NE. of Beccles, 1163 ac., pop. 144.

Wheatacre in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Thorth son of Ulfkil
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Thorth son of Ulfkil; Free men, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 Frenchman (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Baynard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 15/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 17 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 62 acres
- Woodland: 16 pigs
- Pasture: 200 sheep
- Churches: 2
- Animals in 1066: 18 cattle; 12 pigs; 4 cobs; 6 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 17 pigs; 4 cobs

British Place Names

Wheatacre, Norfolk

Wheatacre is a settlement in Burgh St Peter, Norfolk

Wheatacre in historic gazetteers

Wheatacre in the Domesday Book