Babcary

Other current and historical names

Babecari
Babakari
Babbacari
Babacha

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°3'21"N 2°37'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 356209, 128704
OS Grid: ST562287
Mapcode Local: GBR MP.FNH8
Mapcode Global: FRA 56DB.6PJ

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

Babcary in historic gazetteers

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

Babcary, par., mid. Somerset, near river Parret, 3¾ miles NE. of Ilchester, 2393 ac., pop. 322; P.O.

Babcary in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Ivo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Pasture: 8 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 15 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bruno
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Pasture: 8 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cobs

British Place Names

Babcary, Somerset

Babcary is a village in Somerset

Babcary in historic gazetteers

Babcary in the Domesday Book