Wiveton

Other current and historical names

Wiventona
Wivetuna
Cley next the Sea

Built-Up Area: Cley next the Sea
Parish/Community: Cley Next The Sea
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°56'59"N 1°2'33"E
Eastings/Northings: 604500, 343500
OS Grid: TG045435
Mapcode Local: GBR T8X.0DD
Mapcode Global: WHLQT.Z3MW

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

Wiveton in historic gazetteers

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

Wiveton, coast par., Norfolk, 8 m. NE. of Walsingham, 1042 ac., pop. 184; contains Wiveton Hall, seat.

Wiveton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgrim
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 22 smallholders; 1.5 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 0.5
- Animals in 1066: 6 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald son of Ivo
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald son of Ivo
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 27 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Mills: 1.5
- Animals in 1066: 15 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 28 pigs

British Place Names

Wiveton, Norfolk

Wiveton is a settlement in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

Wiveton in historic gazetteers

Wiveton in the Domesday Book