Wilby

Other current and historical names

Wilebey
Wilgeby
Willebeih

Parish/Community: Quidenham
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°28'8"N 0°59'28"E
Eastings/Northings: 603275, 289865
OS Grid: TM032898
Mapcode Local: GBR SF9.CD2
Mapcode Global: VHKCB.46CP

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

Wilby in historic gazetteers

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

Wilby.-- par., Norfolk, 4 miles SW. of Attleborough, 1400 ac., pop. 86.

Wilby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fathir of Banham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 9 smallholders; 12 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 9 pigs; 3 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 soldier (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 5 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Wilby, Norfolk

Wilby is a hamlet in Norfolk

Wilby in historic gazetteers

Wilby in the Domesday Book