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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Barton BARTON. Lovel's Manor. Called Bertun by the Saxons, from its site by the hills; thus Barley in … and was valued at 60 s. per ann. 1 There also belonged to it 7 freemen, who held a carucate and an half, with 30 …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Bexwell BEXWELL Takes its name from a spring or well in the town, and a beck, or run of water, that has its rise from … Henry I. the lordship appears in the reign of Henry III. to consist of two moieties; one of them was held in the 41st …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Bicham-Well BICHAM-WELL, Though now looked upon, and … valued at 6 l. but had paid 8 l. 17 freemen also belonged to it, with 64 acres of land, and a carucate and a half, &c. … By-DitchHam: but as this dike is generally believed to be raised with its bank, by that monastery, as a boundary of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Buckton, or Boughton BUCKTON, or BOUGHTON, Called … it from Barton and Oxburgh, or from that large pond on the hill, in the centre of the town, and then consisted of … deprivation, this lordship was granted by the Conqueror to Rainald, son of Ivo; it consisted of a carucate, and 24 …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Crimplesham CRIMPLESHAM. Rainold son of Ivo, had a grant from the Conqueror of the lordship that Ailed, a free woman, was … 240 sheep; at the survey 300. Twenty freemen also belonged to this manor, of whom the lord had the soc, with their …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Denver DENVER, Called in Domesday-Book Danefella and Danefala, seated in a valley by the water. Here were two lordships, one of which (afterwards … was ancestor of the family, who took their name, according to the custom of that age, from this town. Osbert de …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Fincham FINCHAM. This town, at the grand survey, was … in the chancel before the image of St. Martin; and leaves money to Nich. Fincham to sing for his soul one whole year. … this, is an inarched monument of stone: in this arch is a raised tomb about 2 feet from the ground; on each side of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Fordham FORDHAM. This village lies east of the great Ouse, and north of the river Wissey; and here is a causeway over a fenny ground to Helgay, often overflowed, but fordable; from whence, it is …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Foston FOSTON. There are now only 2 or 3 cottages, … or houses, standing of this village, on the London road to Lynn, called Foston-Gap: in Domesday Book, it is wrote … as free to be seized on, not being church lands, and was ready to prove it by battle, ordeal, or any other legal …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clackclose Hundred and Half Hilgey HILGEY Is a village on a hill, (surrounded with water and fens,) on the south side of the river Wissey, near its fall into the … of Henry VI. the issues and profits of this manor amounted to 124 l. 16 s. as stated by John Bexwell, Esq. steward to …