Ashbrittle

Other current and historical names

Aisse
Aissa

Parish/Community: Ashbrittle
District/Borough: Taunton Deane
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'3"N 3°21'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 305218, 121418
OS Grid: ST052214
Mapcode Local: GBR LP.LBQG
Mapcode Global: FRA 36WH.S3H

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

Ashbrittle in historic gazetteers

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

Ashbrittle, par., W. Somerset, 5 miles W. of Wellington, 2489 ac., pop. 380; P.O.

Ashbrittle in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wado of Ashbrittle; Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bretel de Sancto Claro (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 22 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 38 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Mills: 2, value 15 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 10 pigs; 60 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 2 acres

British Place Names

Ashbrittle, Somerset

Ashbrittle is a village in Somerset

Ashbrittle in historic gazetteers

Ashbrittle in the Domesday Book