Wormegay

Other current and historical names

Wermegai
Wrongey

Parish/Community: Wormegay
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'42"N 0°27'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 566004, 311796
OS Grid: TF660117
Mapcode Local: GBR P63.1M1
Mapcode Global: WHJPF.YYD1

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

Wormegay in historic gazetteers

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

Wormegay, par., Norfolk, 6 miles SE. of Kings Lynn, 2788 ac., pop. 472.

Wormegay in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 0.25
- Other resources: 3 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 3 cows; 4 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 3 cows; 18 pigs; 2 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Wormegay, Norfolk

Wormegay is a village in Norfolk

Wormegay in historic gazetteers

Wormegay in the Domesday Book