Whissonsett

Other current and historical names

Witcingkeseta

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'29"N 0°50'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 591805, 323494
OS Grid: TF918234
Mapcode Local: GBR R83.3Q0
Mapcode Global: WHKQC.XH5Z

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

Whissonsett in historic gazetteers

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

Whissonsett, par. and vil. Norfolk - par., 1344 ac., pop. 608; vil., 4 miles S. of Fakenham; P.O.

Whissonsett in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 10 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Other resources: 0.25 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 9 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 25 pigs; 36 goats; 2 cobs; 7 beehives

British Place Names

Whissonsett, Norfolk

Whissonsett is a village in Norfolk

Whissonsett in historic gazetteers

Whissonsett in the Domesday Book