Hundred of Grimeshou: Wittington Hamlet

An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1805.

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Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Grimeshou: Wittington Hamlet', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2( London, 1805), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/p221 [accessed 26 November 2024].

Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Grimeshou: Wittington Hamlet', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2( London, 1805), British History Online, accessed November 26, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/p221.

Francis Blomefield. "Hundred of Grimeshou: Wittington Hamlet". An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2. (London, 1805), , British History Online. Web. 26 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/p221.

WITTINGTON HAMLET.

About three miles west of the town, and near Stoke-Ferry, is the hamlet of Wittington, belonging to this township. In 15th James I. Char. Croft, Esq. was found to have died possessed of a free tenement and lands here, called Hulliars, held of the manor of Northwold in free soccage, and the rent of 9s. 11d. per annum. (fn. 1)

Footnotes

  • 1. Escheat 15 James, Pat. i. No. 78.