Wighton

Other current and historical names

Wistune
Guistune
Copy's Green

Built-Up Area: Wighton
Parish/Community: Wighton
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°55'12"N 0°53'7"E
Eastings/Northings: 594078, 339745
OS Grid: TF940397
Mapcode Local: GBR S7K.W3F
Mapcode Global: WHLQR.KVTR

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

Wighton in historic gazetteers

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

Wighton, par. and vil., Norfolk - par., 2932 ac., pop. 512; vil., 2 miles N. of Walsingham; P.O.

Wighton in the Domesday Book

A village in [North] Greenhoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 12 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 1/- in 1066; £23 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 20 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 11 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 2
- Animals in 1066: 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Wighton, Norfolk

Wighton is a village in Norfolk

Wighton in historic gazetteers

Wighton in the Domesday Book