Paston

Other current and historical names

Pastuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°51'36"N 1°26'35"E
Eastings/Northings: 631886, 334745
OS Grid: TG318347
Mapcode Local: GBR WF1.RPC
Mapcode Global: WHMSK.4CHN

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

Paston in historic gazetteers

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

Paston.-- coast par. and vil., Norfolk, 5 miles NE. of North Walsham, 1445 ac. (70 water), pop. 252.

Paston in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 19 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 2 oxen
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Edric the steersman; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Paston, Norfolk

Paston is a village in Norfolk

Paston in historic gazetteers

Paston in the Domesday Book