Calthorpe is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Erpingham, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is located west of the village of Erpingham, north of the nearest town of Aylsham and is north of the nearest city of Norwich. The nearest railway station is at Gunton for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich and is from the village. The nearest airport is Norwich International south of the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 143. Etymology The village name devolved from Old Scandinavian language and has the meaning of outlying farm or small hamlet owned by a man named Kali. Description The it was once a parish itself but was amalgamated into the civil parish of Erpingham in the re-organisation of Norfolk parishes on 1 April 1935. The village and its parish church are centred on a crossroads of Wall road which runs from Wolterton and Erpingham, and Scarrow Beck Lane which runs north to south through the village and links Wickmere to the north with Ingworth. Domesday Book Calthorpe is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, where it is called Calatorp or Caletorp. The main landholders of the parish were Roger Bigod, The Abbot of Saint Benedict of Holme and Breton called Tihel of HellÈan. Before 1066 it was held by Godwin of Scottow and was valued at £4 but at the time of the survey the value was listed as £6. The manor was 8 furlongs in Length and 5½ in width and had a taxable value of 9½ pennies. Saint Benedict holdings had 7 smallholders, 7 villages, 1 plough in Lordship, 3 mens ploughs, 4 acres meadow, woodland Pannage for 15 pigs, 1 mill and one third of another. In the Domesday survey fractions were used to indicate that the entry, in this case the second mill, was on an estate that lay within more than one parish. The survey list Guerri and Osbort as being tenants of Tihel of HellÈan. Within these tenant holdings there were 8 smallholders, 3 villagers, 1 plough owned by the lord of the manor, 1½ men's ploughs, 6 acres of meadow, woodland Pannage for 15 pigs, One third of a mill. 3 cobs, 1 head of cattle, 10 pigs and two beehives. Landmarks and structures Manor houses Within the parish of Calthorpe