Wreningham

Other current and historical names

Urnincham

Built-Up Area: Wreningham
Parish/Community: Wreningham
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'32"N 1°10'48"E
Eastings/Northings: 615743, 298591
OS Grid: TM157985
Mapcode Local: GBR VH7.R4F
Mapcode Global: VHL8H.DCQB

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

Wreningham in historic gazetteers

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

Wreningham, par. and vil., Norfolk - par., 1528 ac., pop. 485; vil., 4 miles SE. of Wymonham; P.O.

Wreningham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwold; Free men, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Vagn of Wreningham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 4/- in 1086
- Households: 14 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 2 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 13 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Wreningham, Norfolk

Wreningham is a village in Norfolk

Wreningham in historic gazetteers

Wreningham in the Domesday Book