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Bale is a village in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Bathley
Bathele

Parish/Community: Gunthorpe
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'27"N 0°59'13"E
Eastings/Northings: 601040, 336785
OS Grid: TG010367
Mapcode Local: GBR S82.QBV
Mapcode Global: WHLR0.4L7M

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

Bale in historic gazetteers

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

Bale, par., N. Norfolk, 4½ miles NE. of Walsingham, 1041 ac., pop. 232.

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

Bathley (Norfolk). See BALE.

Bale 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: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 10 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough