Saham Toney | Saham: King's land and Reynald FitzIvo and Berner the Crossbowman from the king; Robert from Roger Bigot. 8 cattle, 40 goats, 3 cows. |
Scattered; large mere.
Sall
| Salla: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Oder from Ralph de Beaufour; Hagni; Ralph FitzHagni. ¾ mill. |
Salle Park, home of the Boleyn's. Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to walk in Bullen's Lane.
Salthouse
| Sal(t)hus: William de Warenne; William d'Écouis. 40 goats. |
Threatened by the sea; Bronze Age barrows nearby.
Sandringham
| Santdesincham: Ranulf from Robert FitzCorbucion. Salthouse. |
Royal Estate, bought by Queen Victoria for the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in 1861.
Santon
| Santuna: William de Warenne; Walter. |
Now Santon Downham; woodland; local Forestry Commission headquarters.
Saxlingham (near Holt)
| Saxeling(ha)ham / Sexelingaham: Bishop William; Peter de Valognes and Theodoric from him. Church. |
Saxlingham, Nethergate and Thorpe
| Sais / elingaham / selingham / Sasilingaham: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Walter from Robert Malet; Roger Bigot; John nephew of Waleran and Edric from Abbot of Holme; Walter Giffard; Drogo de Beuvriére and Aelward and Wulfnoth from him; Gunfrid from Robert FitzCorbucion; John nephew of Waleran, formerly Stergar, King Edward's Guard. 2 mills, church. |
Now the village of Saxlingham Nethergate with rare 13th century glass in its church, and Saxlingham Thorpe, a hamlet with a ruined church.
Saxthorpe
| Sastorp / Saxiorp / Saxthorpe: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Count Alan and Ribald from him. 2½ mills. 50 goats, 20 cattle, 4 cobs. |
Scarning
| Scernenga / Sc(h)er / ninga: William de Warenne and Wymer from him; Ralph Baynard. Mill. |
Sco
Absorbed in Martham.
Sco Ruston
| Ristuna: William de Warenne; Abbot of Holme; Roger de Poitou. |
Its ancient White Hart Inn, 1655, was the most important coaching inn between Ipswich and Norwich.
Scottow
| Scothou / Scotch(o)u: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Count Alan; Abbot of Holme before and after 1066; Ralph de Beaufour; Roger and Wihenoc from Reynald FitzIvo. Church, fishery, 1 1/3 mills, 3 beehives. |
Scratby
| Scroteby / Scroutebei / bey: Bishop William; Abbot of Holme before and after 1066. Church. |
Seaside resort town.
Sculthorpe
| Sculatorpa / Sculetorpa: Count Alan. 20 cattle, 6 cobs, 400 sheep. |
Manor farm; Scuthorpe Fen and Moor.
Sedgeford
| Secesforda / Sexforda: Bishop William. 300 sheep. |
Seething
| Silinga / Sithinga / inges: King's land, in the charge of William de Noyers; Earl Hugh; Roger Bigot; Isaac (4 acres claimed by a poor nun). 3 churches. Horse at the hall. |
Church with a Norman tower.
Semere
| Semera / ere: Robert Malet; St. Edmund's before and after 1066, and Fulcher from it. |
Now Semere Green.
Sharrington
| Scarnetuna / Scartune: King's land. |
A late medieval hall; restored cross.
Shelfanger
| Scelnangra / Scelua(n)gra(ua): King's land, in the custody of Godric; Hervey and Modgifu, a free woman, from Count Alan; St. Edmund's; Edric the falconer. Church. |
Moated sites nearby; church with 13th century frescoes.
Shelton
| Sceltuna: Roger Bigot and Durand and Wacton from him; Nigel from Robert FitzCorbucion. Church. |
Scattered; fine Perpendicular church.
Shereford
| Sciraforda: William de Warenne. Church. |
Church with a Saxon tower and arch.
Sheringham
| Silingeham: William d'Écouis. Church. 50 goats, 15 pigs. |
Popular seaside resort. Railway.
Shernborne
| Scernebruna / brune / buna / Serlebruna: Bishop of Bayeux; William de Warenne; Ivo Tailbois; Berner the Crossbowman. 2 mills, ½ salthouse. |
On the Sandringham estate.
Shimpling
| Simplinga(ham): King's land, in the custody of Godric; Robert Malet; Robert de Vaux from Roger Bigot; St. Edmund's and Fulcher from the Abbey. Church. |
Church with a Norman tower; ancient moated house.
Shingham
| Scingham: Ralph de Tosny. |
In the fenlands; tumuli nearby.
Shipden
Lost.
Shipdham
| Scipdham / Scipedeham / Scip(p)edana: King's land, in the custody of Godric; William de Warenne; Adelhelm from Hermer de Ferrers. ½ church. |
Church with some Norman work, and a room over the porch which was once a library.
Shotesham Altera
| Scotessam / Scotesham / Scotessa(m): King's land, in the custody of Godric; Bishop of Bayeux; St. Edmund's and Berenger from the Abbey; Ulfketel from Robert Malet; Ranulf FitzWalter from Roger Bigot; Abbot of Holme before and after 1066; Walter Giffard. 1¾ churches, 1½ mills. 2 horses. |
Now 2 villages, Shotesham All Saints and Shotesham St. Mary.
Shotford
| Scotoford: Robert Malet and Humphrey from him; Roger de Poitou. |
Now Shotford Heath; Shotford Hall.
Shouldham (Alia)
| Sculdeham / Scuddeham: Ranulf from Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard. ¾ mill, 1½ fisheries, salthouse. |
Fenland; recent excavations suggest it has been inhabited for c.2000 years.
Shouldham Thorpe
| Carboistorp: Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard. ½ church. |
Orchards; church with a Norman doorway.
Shropham
| Scer(e)pham / Serpham: Richard Vernon from Earl Hugh; Roger Bigot; Roland from Eudo the steward; Gilbert the Crossbowman. 3 beehives. |
Sidestrand
| Sistran: William de Warenne. |
On the clifftop. The church was moved in 1880 because the sea came dangerously close.
Sisland
| Sislanda: King's land, in the custody of Godric. 3 oxen. |
Straggling.
Skeyton
| Scedgetuna / Scengutuna: Ralph de Beaufour; Geoffrey Baynard from Ralph Baynard. Mill. 4 cobs, 37 goats. |
12th century church with an assymetric tower.
Sloley
| S(l)aleia: Abbot of Holme; Ralph de Beaufour; Reynald FitzIvo. Church. |
Smallburgh
| Smal(e)berga: Roger Bigot; freeman from Abbot of Holme before and after 1066. |
In an ancient custom, the Lord of the Manor gave 'annually on Lammas Day, 24 eels to 6 pensioners of Smallburgh'.
Snetterton
| Snetretuna: Earl Hugh; Ralph FitzHerlwin from Roger Bigot. 2 beehives. |
Race course.Snettisham
| Netesham / Sne(te)sham: Bishop of Bayeux; William de Warenne. 7 mills, 1 2/3 salthouses, 3 fisheries. 440 sheep. |
Small town near the coast; Perpendicular church on which the Cathedral of Frederiction, New Brunswick, Canada, is modelled.
Snore
| Snora: St. Benedict's of Ramsey. |
Ruins of 'Snowre Hall'. The village disappeared before the 14th century.
Somerton
| Somertuna: King's land, in the charge of William de Noyers; Wymark from Count Alan; Roger Bigot; Bishop William. 3 salthouses, 2 beehives. 3 cobs at the hall, 200 sheep. |
Now 2 villages, East Somerton, with the remains of a church, and West Somerton where Robert Hales, the Norfolk Giant, 7ft 8in. tall, is buried (1863).
South Acre
| Acra: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Wymer from William de Warenne; Godric the steward. 2½ mills. |
Next to Castle Acre.
Southburgh
| Berc(h) / Burc: William de Warenne. Church, 3 mills. |
Scattered.
South Burlingham
| Berlingaham / Sutberlingeham: William de Noyers from Bishop William, formerly part held by Edric, steersman of King Edward's ship who became an outlaw in Denmark. ½ church. |
Broadland; church with a Norman doorway.
Southery
| Sutreia: St. Edmund's. Fishery. 4 cobs, 31 cattle, 11 wild mares. |
Fenland; potato-growing area.
Southmere
Lost.
South Raynham
| Sutreinaham / Sutrein(e)ham: Roger Bigot; Hugh de Montfort. Mill. |
Mill Covert wood.
South Walsham
| Walassam / Wales(h)am / Wal(es)sam: King's land, in the custody of Godric, formerly Alflaed a free woman; Bishop William; Ralph from Godric the steward; Abbot of Holme before and after 1066. 3 salthouses. 200 sheep. |
Wooded; broadland.
Southwood
| Sudw(a)da / Suthuide / Sutwde: Godric the steward; Hugh from William d'Écouis; Ralph Baynard and Wimund from him. |
Broadland.
Sparham
| Sparham: Godric the steward; Osbert from Robert Gernon; Hagni. Mill, a church. 10 beehives. |
Remains of the Manor House of the de Stiffkey family.
Spixworth
| S(l)aleia: Abbot of Holme; Ralph de Beaufour; Reynald FitzIvo. Church. |
Sporle
| Esparlai / le(a) / Sparle(a): King's land, in the custody of Godric. Mill. |
Sprowston
| Spro(wes)tuna: King's land, in the custody of Godric, also in the charge William de Noyers; Robert Malet. |
Suburb of Norwich.
Stalham
| Stalham / Stanham: Count Alan; Abbot of Holme before and after 1066; Aelmer FitzGodwin, a freeman of the king. |
Broadland market town; 14th century inn.
Stanfield
| Stanfelda / Stanuelda: Son of Aelmer from Count Alan; William de Warenne. |
Scattered; moated site.
Stanford
| Estanforda / Stanfora: Roger Bigot; Bishop William; Ralph from Reynald FitzIvo; Hugh de Montfort; Roger FitzRainard. 1½ mills. 12 cattle, 4 score sheep. |
Scattered; lake.
Stanhoe
| Stanho(u): King's land; Bishop of Bayeux; William de Warenne. |
Remains of a Saxon flint factory nearby.
Stanninghall
| Staningehalla: King's land, in the charge of William de Noyers. 2 mills. |
Stanninghall Farm.
Starston
| Sterestuna: King's land, in the custody of Godric, also in the charge of William de Noyers; Godwin from Roger Bigot; St. Edmund's and Roger Bigot from it, formerly Beorhtflaed a free woman; Gunfrid from Robert FitzCorbucion; Warenger from Roger de Raismes. |
In a wooded river valley.
Stibbard
| Estanbyrda / Stabrige / Stabyrda: King's land; Peter de Valognes from William de Warenne. |
Stiffkey
| Stinekai / Stiuecai / Stiuekeia: King's land, also in the custody of Godric; Ranulf from Reynald FitzIvo. Church, 3 mills. 4 horses. |
Iron Age tumulus; salt marshes, noted for their cockles. Its controversial rector, the Rev. Harold Davidson, worked among 'fallen women' and actresses, in the 1920s and 30s and was killed by a fairground lion.
Stinton
| Stonetuna: Randolf from William de Warenne. Church, mill, 3 beehives. 20 cattle. |
Stinton Hall Farm.Stockton
| Stoutuna: King's land, in the charge of William de Noyers. Church, 1½ mills. |
Church with a Norman tower.
Stody
| Estodeia / Stodeia: King's land; Humphrey from Ranulf brother of Ilger. 3 mills, 3 beehives. 60 goats. |
Stoke Ferry
| Stoches / Stokes: Ribald from Count Alan; Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard. 1¼ churches, fishery. |
Fenland.
Stoke Holy Cross
| Stoches / Stoke(s): King's land, in the custody of Godric; Roger Bigot and William Petch from him; Walter Giffard; Giffard from Robert FitzCorbucion; Tovi. 1½ churches, 2 mills. Beehive. |
Large weatherboarded mill in the watermeadows, once owned by Jeremiah Colman (1777-1851), founder of the mustard firm.
Stokesby
| Stoches / Stokesbei / bey: William d'Écouis. Church, 2 salthouses. 180 sheep. |
Remote; broadland; on the River Bure.
Stow Bardolph
| Stou: Hermer de Ferrers. Church, fishery. 26 wild mares, 160 sheep. |
Fenland.
Stow Bedon
| Sto(n)u / Stuo: King's land, in the custody of Godric. Mill. |
Fine mere.
Stradsett
| Stra(te)seta: Roger Bigot; Fulbert from Hermer de Ferrers. 2 churches, ½ fishery. |
Scattered; tumulus nearby; Elizabethan hall.
Stratton
| Stratuna / Stretuna: Count Alan; Roger Bigot; Bishop William and Walter the Deacon from him; St. Edmund's; Abbot of Ely; Humphrey from Robert FitzCorbucion. 1½ mills. |
Now 2 villages, Stratton St. Michael and Long Stratton which is built along the Roman road from Colchester to Caistor.
Stratton Strawless
| Estratuna / Stratuna: King's land; Bishop William; Walter Giffard; Roger de Poitou. |
The Marsham family were lords of the manor from 1556 to 1900.
Strumpshaw
| Stromessaga: Ralph the Constable from the king, in the custody of Godric. |
Broadland. Part of Strumpshaw Fen is a bird sanctuary.
Sturston
Lost.
Suffield
| Sudfelda / Sutfelle: Ribald from Count Alan; Roger Bigot. 4 mills. |
Scattered.
Surlingham
| S(c)utherlingham / Suterlingeham: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Roger Bigot; William de Noyers from Bishop William. |
Near the marshes on the River Yare; ferry to Postwick.
Sustead
| Surstede / Sutstede: William de Warenne; Roger Bigot. 1½ mills. |
Near the coast.
Sutton (near Mileham)
Lost.
Sutton (near Stalham)
| Suttuna / tune: Roger Bigot. Church, ½ salthouse. 7 wild mares, 22 cattle, 200 sheep. |
Broadland.
Swaffham
| Suafham: Count Alan. 1½ mills, fishery. 200 sheep. |
One of Norfolk's market towns, a social centre with a racecourse and Assembly Rooms during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Swafiled
| Sua(f)felda / Suauelda: Bishop William; William d'Écouis; Ranulf brother of Ilger. Church. |
Thatched church.
Swainsthorpe
| Sueinestorp / Torp: Roger Bigot; Godric the steward; Eudo the steward; Tovi. Church, ½ mill. |
Church with a Norman tower.
Swannington
| Sueningatuna: Count Alan and Ansketel from him; Walter Giffard. |
Hall; moated site.
Swanton (in Forncett)
| T(u)anatuna / Tuane(s)tuna: Count Alan; Roger Bigot and William and Walter from him. Church, mill. |
Area near the villages of Forncett St. Mary and St. Peter.
Swanton Abbot
| Suanetuna: Abbot of Holme before and after 1066. Church. |
Swanton Morley
| Suanetua: Ralph de Beaufour. Church. 3 mills, fishery. 48 pigs. |
On the River Wensum; a weir; a Mill House; Abraham Lincoln's ancestors are in the parish register.
Swanton Novers
| Suanetuna: Bishop William. 200 sheep. |
Woodland; famous for its lilies-of-the-valley.
Swardeston
| Suedestuna / Suerdest(una): Roger Bigot; Godric the steward; Richard from Ralph de Beaufour. Church. |
Attractive green; church with Norman windows; birthplace of Edith Cavell (1865-1915).
Swathing
| Suatinga: King's land, in the custody of Godric. 2 mills. |
Many moated sites.
Syderstone
| Cidesterna / Sci(de)sterne: Alfheah, the pre-Conquest holder, from Count Alan; William de Warenne and Ralph from him. |
Brick and flint houses; common.
