Alford

Other current and historical names

Aldedeford

Parish/Community: Alford
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'16"N 2°33'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 360497, 132217
OS Grid: ST604322
Mapcode Local: GBR MR.CRW8
Mapcode Global: FRA 56J7.SGC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Alford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Alford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Alford, par., vil., and seat, mid. Somerset, on river Brue, 8 miles SE. of Glastonbury, 722 ac., pop. 95; P.O.

Alford in the Domesday Book

A village in Blachethorna hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 20 pigs

British Place Names

Alford, Somerset

Alford is a village in Somerset

Alford in historic gazetteers

Alford in the Domesday Book