Attlebridge in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three and one half; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 18 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1