Skeyton

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Skeyton is a settlement in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Scedgetuna
Scengutuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'57"N 1°20'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 625173, 325778
OS Grid: TG251257
Mapcode Local: GBR WFW.GZG
Mapcode Global: WHMSW.JB34

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

Skeyton in historic gazetteers

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

Skeyton, par. and vil., Norfolk, 3½ miles SW. of North Walsham, 1264 ac., pop. 313.

Skeyton in the Domesday Book

A village in South Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger of Ruston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey Baynard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 16/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Woodland: 75 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 12 pigs; 24 goats; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 17 cattle; 20 pigs; 37 goats; 4 cobs

British Place Names

Skeyton, Norfolk

Skeyton is a settlement in Norfolk

Skeyton in historic gazetteers

Skeyton in the Domesday Book