Hilgay

Other current and historical names

Helgey
Hidlingeia
Halingheia
Hulingheia
Hidlingneia

Built-Up Area: Hilgay
Parish/Community: Hilgay
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'31"N 0°23'22"E
Eastings/Northings: 562084, 298330
OS Grid: TL620983
Mapcode Local: GBR N61.H9T
Mapcode Global: WHJPZ.YYPB

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

Hilgay in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 22 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £30 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 20 smallholders; 27 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 31 acres
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 2.5
- Other resources: 7 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 84 pigs; 6 cobs; 27 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 24 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Pasture: 18 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 14 pigs; 3 cobs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Men, eight; Free men, twenty-three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 7/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 8 men
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Meadow: 4 acres
5th Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Huscarl; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Houdain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3/2½ in 1086
6th Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

British Place Names

Hilgay, Norfolk

Hilgay is a village in Norfolk

Hilgay in historic gazetteers

Hilgay in the Domesday Book