Cantley

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Cantley is a village in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Cantelai

Built-Up Area: Cantley
Parish/Community: Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'58"N 1°30'39"E
Eastings/Northings: 637952, 304149
OS Grid: TG379041
Mapcode Local: GBR XKY.4TH
Mapcode Global: WHMTY.5BRN

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

Cantley in historic gazetteers

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

Cantley.-- par. and ry. sta., N. Norfolk, on river Yare, 10 miles SE. of Norwich, 1850 ac., pop. 266; P.O.

Cantley in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 42 smallholders; 10 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 44 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
- Animals in 1066: 6 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 6 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Cantley, Norfolk

Cantley is a village in Norfolk

Cantley in historic gazetteers

Cantley in the Domesday Book