Thurning in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 9 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 16 pigs; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hagni the reeve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hagni the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hagni the reeve
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 5 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne