Bablingley | Babin / ghelea / keleia: Geoffrey from Eudo FitzSpirwic; William from Peter de Valognes. Moiety of 2 mills, 5 salthouses, another mill. 8 cattle, 177 sheep. |
Moated Hall Farm.
Baconsthorpe (in Attleborough)
| Baconstorp: Thurstan from Count Alan. |
Baconsthorpe (near Holt)
| Torp: Thorold from Roger Bigot; Osbert from Robert Gernon. ½ mill. 100 pigs. |
Fortified 15th century manor house; mainly ruined gatehouse.
Bacton
| Baketuna: Robert Malet. 2 mills. |
On the coast; remains of Bromholm priory nearby.
Bagthorpe
| Bachestorp: William de Warenne. |
Bale
| Bathele: King's land; Harold from Count Alan. |
Moated site; Bale Oaks, a stand of 18th century evergreen oaks.
Banham
| Benham: William de Warenne; Berard from Roger Bigot; Bishop Osbern; William d'Écouis from Bishop of Ely, who held before and after 1066; William d'Écouis. Church. 30 goats. |
Zoo; orchards; a cider-making industry.
Banningham
| Banincham / Hamingeham: William de Warenne; Abbot of Holme; Roger from Reynald FitzIvo. |
Barford
| Bereforda / fort: Count Alan; Abbot of Holme; Richard from Ralph de Beaufour. ½ mill. |
Barmer
| Benemara: Ralph from William de Warenne. ½ church. |
Barney
| Berlei / Berneia: William from Peter de Valognes. 2 beehives. 14 wild mares, 14 cattle, 38 goats. |
Church with Saxon work and some Roman bricks; 3 moated medieval sites nearby.
Barnham Broom
| Ber(n)ham: William de Warenne; Godwin Haldane; Starculf before and after 1066. 2½ mills. |
16th century manor house. The church has a 16th century screen with a rare portrait of St. Walstan.
Barsham
| Barfham / safam / seham: King's land; Hugh from William de Warenne. 4 mills, church. 200 sheep. |
Now 2 villages, East and West Barsham.
Barton Bendish
| Bertuna: William from Hermer de Ferrers; Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard, formerly Aethelgyth, a free woman. 2 churches. 4 cobs. |
2 churches, one with a late Norman doorway.
Barton Turf
| Bertuna: Abbot of Holme before and after 1066; Geoffrey from Ralph Baynard. 2 churches. |
On the edge of Barton Broad; nature reserve; church with a rare portrait of Henry VI.
Barwick
| Bereuuica: Simon from William de Warenne. ½ church. 160 sheep. |
Now 2 hamlets, Little and Great Barwick; also the site of the medieval village of Great Barwick.
Bastwick
| Bastu(u)ic / Bastuuuic: Count Alan; 2 free women, the pre-Conquest holders, from Roger Bigot; Bishop William; Abbot of Holme; Aelmer. |
Bawburgh
Church with a round tower, possibly Saxon. It was the birthplace of St. Walstan in 965 and a place of pilgrimage until the Reformation.
Bawdeswell
| Baldereswella: Count Alan. |
Bawsey
| Boweseia / Heuseda: Count Alan; Robert Malet. 1½ salthouses. 50 goats. |
Bayfield
| Baiafelda: King's land; Walter Giffard. 1¼ mills. |
Part Jacobean Bayfield Hall; Bayfield Brecks, scattered cottages.
Beck
Beck Hall, formerly Beck Hostel for travellers to Walsingham.
Bedingham
| Bedingaham: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Roger Bigot. |
Now Bedingham Green; several medieval moated sites.
Beechamwell
| Bechersuuella / Bicham / Bycham / Hekesuuella: Ribald, the pre-Conquest holder, from Count Alan; Robert de Vaux from Roger Bigot; Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard. Church. Ass. |
Church with a Saxon tower.
Beeston Regis
| Besentuna / Besetuna / tune: Ingulf from William d'Ecouis; Hugh de Montfort. |
Seaside suburb of Sheringham.
Beeston St. Andrew
| Boefetuna / Bes(e)tuna: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Robert Malet; Godric the Steward; Ralph de Beaufour. 2 mills, church. |
Beeston Hall.
Beeston St. Lawrence
| Besetuna: Abbot of Holme. |
Some houses.
Beotley
| Betellea: Bishop William. Church. |
Scattered.
Beighton
| Begetona / tuna: Bishop William. Church. |
Manor house; church with a 13th century font.
Belaugh
| Belaga: King's land, in the custody of Godric and in the charge of William de Noyer; Abbot of Holme; Ralph de Beaufour. |
Berlaugh Broad.
Bergh Apton
| Berc: Godric the steward from Abbot of Ely. Mill. 203 cattle. |
Manor house; 6th-7th century barrows and ring ditches.
Bessingham
| Basingeham: Drogo de Beuvrière. |
Manor house; moated site.
Besthorpe
Saxon earthworks.
Bexwell
| Beches / Bekes / uuella: Ralph FitzHerlwin from Roger Bigot; Abbot of Ely. Church, ½ fishery. |
Church with Norman windows.
Bickerston
Bickerston Bridge and Farm.
Billingford (near Diss)
| P(re)lestuna: King's land the charge of William de Noyers; Roger de Raismes from Abbot of Ely; Roger de Raismes and Warenger from him. |
Tower windmill.
Billingford (near East Dereham)
| Billingeforda / Belingesfort: Humphrey and Count Alan from Ranulf Peverel; Humphrey FitzAubrey. 2 mills, 4 beehives. |
Mill nearby.
Billockby
| Bit(h)lakebei: Roger Bigot; Ketel and Bernard from Bishop William. 2/3 church. |
Binham
| Benincham / Bin(n)eham: Peter de Valognes. 2 mills. |
Remains of a Benedictine priory founded c.1091 by Peter de Valognes.
Bintree
| Binctre / Binnetra: Godric the steward; Walter Giffard; Hagni the King's reeve. |
Manor house; mill.
Bircham Newton
| Niwetuna: Ralph de Beaufour. Church. |
Bircham Tofts
| Stofsta: Bishop of Bayeux. |
Bittering
| Britringa: King's land, in the custody of Godric and in the charge of William de Noyers. |
Site of the medieval village of Little Bittering.
Bixley
| Bichesle / Biskele / Bischelai / Fiskele: Roger Bigot. |
Bixleybottom Plantation; remains of a moated hall.
Blickling
| Bliclinga / Blikelinga / -inges: Godric and Walter Giffard from the king, formerly Harold. Bishop William. 3½ mills. |
Jacobean Hall.
Blofield
| Bla(uue)felda: Bishop William. |
Broadland.
Blo Norton
| Nortuna: Fulcher from William de Warenne; Alfred an Englishman from Roger Bigot; St. Edmund's; Abbot of Ely. 1½ mills, church. |
Church; Blo Norton Hall.
Bodham
| Bod(en)ham / Botham: Ralph from Hugh de Montfort; Walter Giffard. |
Bodney
| Bod / Budeneia: William de Warenne; Ralph de Tosny; Hugh de Montfort. 3¼ mills. |
Flint church with Saxon carvings; tumuli nearby.
Booton
Booton Manor.
Boughton
| Buchetuna: Ranulf from Reynald FitzIvo; Ralph Baynard. Church, 3 beehives. Cow. |
18th century houses round a green; pond; church.
Bowthorpe
| Bo(w)ethorp: King's land, in the custody of Godric. Mill. |
Recent suburban development near Norwich.
Boyland
Lost.
Bracon Ash
| Braccas / Braccles: Roger Bigot. |
Birthplace of Edward Thurlow (1731-1806), Lord Chancellor.Bradenham
| Brade(n)ham / Brehendam: William de Cailli from William de Warenne; Ralph de Tosny; Ralph Baynard. |
Now 2 villages, East and West Bradenham.
Bradeston
| Bregestuna / Breiestuna: William de Noyers and Edric, a steersman of King Edward's, from Bishop William. |
Bradeston church on high ground overlooking Bradeston Marsh.
Bramerton
| Bramb(r)etuna: Aitard de Vaux from the king; Bishop of Bayeux; Roger Bigot and Ranulf FitzWalter from him; Godric the steward. Church. |
Mostly 14th century church.
Brampton
| Brantuna: William de Warenne; Ralph de Beaufour. |
Home of the Brampton family from 1066 to the 17th century.
Brancaster
| Broncestra: St. Benedict's of Ramsey before and after 1066. Mill. 600 sheep. |
On the coast; adjacent to the site of the Roman fort, Branodunum.
Brandiston
Stump cross.
Brandon Parva
Scene of 19th century agricultural workers riots.
Breckles
| Brecc(h)les / Brec(l)es: King's land; Roger Bigot; Ralph de Tosny. Customary honey. |
Church with a Norman and Saxon tower, and a memorial stone to Ursula Webb who was, at her own request, buried upright in the 17th century.
Bressingham
| Brasincham / Bresing(a)ham: King's land, in the custody of Godric; St. Edmund's and Roger Bigot from the abbey. Church. |
Brettenham
| Bre(t)ham: William de Bourneville from Roger Bigot; Abbot of Ely; Eudo the Steward; William from John nephew of Waleran. 2 mills, 5 beehives. |
Bridgham
| Brugam: Abbot of Ely before and after 1066. Church, 4 mills, 5 beehives. 180 sheep. |
Church with a Norman font.
Briningham
| Bruningaham / Burningaham: Geoffrey from Count Alan; Roger Longsword from Bishop William. Church, mill, 5 beehives. |
Circular lookout post nearby, was used at the time of the Armada.
Brinton
| Bruntuna: Bishop William. |
Georgian hall.
Briston
| Burstuna: King's land; William de Warenne. |
Adjoining Melton Constable.
Brockdish
| Brodise / Brodiso: King's land, in the charge of William de Noyers; St. Edmund's. Church |
. Church with Saxon and Norman windows.
Brooke
| Broc: St. Edmund's. 5 cobs, 14 cattle. |
Reed mere; the birthplace of Sir Astley Cooper, famous 18th century surgeon.
Broome
| Brom / Bron: Roger Bigot; Frodo from St. Edmund's, who held it before and after 1066; Humphrey from Robert FitzCorbucion. Church, mill, ½ fishery, 2 beehives. |
On marshes near the River Waveney.
Broomsthorpe
| Bruneston: Abbot of Ely. Mill. |
Brumstead
| Brume / Brunestada: Robert from Roger Bigot. Church, mill. 30 goats. |
Some houses; church with a thatched nave.
Brundall
| Brundala: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Gilbert the Crossbowman. |
Yacht centre.
Buckenham (near Acle)
| Bucanaham / Buc(hana): King's land, in the custody of Godric; Eli from Bishop William; Roger Bigot from St. Edmund's, who held before and after 1066. 4 cattle. |
Near the Broads.
Buckenham (near Attleborough)
| Buccham / Buc(he)ham: King's land, in the custody of Godric; William de Warenne; St. Edmund's before and after 1066; Roger d'Evreux from William d'Écouis. 2 mills. |
Now 2 villages, Old and New Buckenham. Old Buckenham castle was moved to new Buckenham c.1136.
Buckenham Tofts
| Buch / Buckenham: Hugh de Montfort; Roger FitzRainard. ½ mill. |
Buckenham Tofts Park; ancient flint mine nearby; Saxon earthworks.
Burgh (next Aylsham)
| Bu(r)c: Roger Bigot; Drogo de Beuvrière. 1½ mills. |
On the River Bure; Oxhead's Mill nearby.
Burgh St. Margaret
| Burc / Burh: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Roger Bigot and Stanard from him; Bishop William; Abbot of Holme. 2 salthouses. |
Broadland.
Burnham
| Brunaham / Bruneham: Humphrey de Culey from Roger Bigot; St. Benedict's of Ramsey before and after 1066; Hugh de Montfort. 1 2/3 mills. |
Now Burnham Norton; Burnham Sutton, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate adjoin Burnham Market village.
Burnham Deepdale
| Depedala: Thurstan FitzGuy from Roger Bigot. |
On the coast by Peddars Way, a Roman road.
Burnham Overy
| Brumeham: King's land, in the custody of Godric. 2½ mills. |
Watermill on the River Bure; picturesque miller's house.
Burnham Thorpe
| Brunehamtorp: Walter from William de Warenne; Robert de Verley. Mill, church. 345 sheep, ass, 6 cobs. |
Moated manor house. Birthplace of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), whose father was rector here, 1755-1802.
Burston
| Borstuna: King's land, in the custody of Godric; Robert Malet (holding of the queen's gift) and his mother and Walter from him. |
Mill at Mill Green nearby.
Buxton
| Buk / Buchestuna: Ralph de Beaufour. Mill, church. 18 pigs. |
Watermill on the River Bure. It was the birthplace of Thomas Cubitt (1788-1855), founder of the first modern builders' firm.
Bylaugh
| Belega: Wigwin from Count Alan. Mill, 3 beehives. 12 cattle. |
Mill at Mill Street nearby; tiny church with painted box pews and fireplaces, and a 3-tier pulpit.
