Alhampton in the Domesday Book

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

• • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one; Thanes, two; Spirtes the priest; Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
  • Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury; Count of Mortain
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Crooked Hands (subinfeudated); Count of Mortain; Everard (subinfeudated); Nigel the doctor (subinfeudated); Serlo of Burcy (subinfeudated); Abbey of Glastonbury; Aelfric son of Everwacer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 30 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1070; £32 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 42 villagers; 30 smallholders; 6 slaves; 6 Cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 22 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 95 acres
  • Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
  • Pasture: 6 mixed measures
  • Mills: 4, value £1 -/7¼
  • Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 20 pigs; 23 goats; 2 cobs