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Acle is a village in Norfolk

Built-Up Area: Acle
Parish/Community: Acle
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'21"N 1°32'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 640161, 310543
OS Grid: TG401105
Mapcode Local: GBR XK7.G78
Mapcode Global: WHMTK.RXDF

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

Acle in historic gazetteers

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

Acle, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Norfolk, 11 miles E. of Norwich, 3209 ac., pop. 915; P.O., T.O.

Acle in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £14 13/2½ in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 38 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 54 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 3 cobs; 11 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs; 15 beehives

British Place Names

Acle, Norfolk

Acle is a village in Norfolk

Acle in historic gazetteers

Acle in the Domesday Book

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