Whinburgh

Other current and historical names

Whinbergh
Wineberga

Parish/Community: Whinburgh and Westfield
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'36"N 0°58'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 600887, 309209
OS Grid: TG008092
Mapcode Local: GBR SC4.CGM
Mapcode Global: WHLS4.VT1C

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

Whinburgh in historic gazetteers

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

Whinbergh, par., Norfolk, 3½ miles S. of Dereham, 1241 ac., pop. 226.

Whinburgh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Whinburgh, Norfolk

Whinburgh is a village in Norfolk

Whinburgh in historic gazetteers

Whinburgh in the Domesday Book