Hindringham

Other current and historical names

Hidringham
Hindringaham
Indregeham

Built-Up Area: Hindringham
Parish/Community: Hindringham
District/Borough: North Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'31"N 0°56'59"E
Eastings/Northings: 598543, 336801
OS Grid: TF985368
Mapcode Local: GBR S81.LZ6
Mapcode Global: WHLQZ.KKKS

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

Hindringham in the Domesday Book

A village in [North] Greenhoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 15 smallholders; 7 freemen; 7 slaves; 3 men
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
- Pasture: 100 sheep
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 17 pigs; 6 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated); Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 14 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
3rd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Osward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
4th 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: ¹⁄₂ geld
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berard of Cockfield (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
6th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Hindringham, Norfolk

Hindringham is a village in Norfolk

Hindringham in historic gazetteers

Hindringham in the Domesday Book