Shernborne

Other current and historical names

Sharnborn
Scernebrune
Scernebruna
Scernebuna
Serlebruna

Parish/Community: Shernborne
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°51'40"N 0°32'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 571324, 332337
OS Grid: TF713323
Mapcode Local: GBR P3X.L6Q
Mapcode Global: WHKPV.BB0T

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

Shernborne in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: 26 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1066; £85 in 1070; £85 in 1086
- Households: 66 villagers; 129 smallholders; 37 freemen; 14 slaves
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 88 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 13.5
- Other resources: 17.5 salthouses; 3 fisheries
- Animals in 1066: 5 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 38 pigs; 5 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, sixteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 3 free men (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 1.08
- Other resources: 0.08 salthouses
5th Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay (subinfeudated); Peter of Valognes
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman

British Place Names

Shernborne, Norfolk

Shernborne is a hamlet in Norfolk

Shernborne in historic gazetteers

Shernborne in the Domesday Book