Southwood

Other current and historical names

Suthuide
Sutwde
Sudwada
Sudwda

Parish/Community: Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'34"N 1°32'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 639820, 305322
OS Grid: TG398053
Mapcode Local: GBR XKT.D07
Mapcode Global: WHMTY.M373

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

Southwood in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wigmund of Southwood
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wigmund of Southwood; Free men, twenty-six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wigmund of Southwood (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1066; 2/7¼ in 1070; 2/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 1.5 smallholders
- Meadow: 3 acres
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Rabel the carpenter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rabel the carpenter
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2d in 1086

British Place Names

Southwood, Norfolk

Southwood is a hamlet in Norfolk

Southwood in historic gazetteers

Southwood in the Domesday Book