Longham

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Longham is a village in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Lawingham

Parish/Community: Longham
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'29"N 0°52'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 594219, 316142
OS Grid: TF942161
Mapcode Local: GBR R8X.CMT
Mapcode Global: WHLRX.D657

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

Longham in historic gazetteers

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

Longham, par. and vil., Norfolk, 4 miles NW. of Dereham, 1304 ac., pop. 324.

Longham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs

British Place Names

Longham, Norfolk

Longham is a village in Norfolk

Longham in historic gazetteers

Longham in the Domesday Book