Badgworth

Other current and historical names

Bagewerre
Bagewerra

Parish/Community: Badgworth
District/Borough: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°16'2"N 2°52'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 339369, 152385
OS Grid: ST393523
Mapcode Local: GBR MC.0DLS
Mapcode Global: VH7D0.6DCR

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

Badgworth in historic gazetteers

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

Badgworth, par., mid. Somerset, 3 miles SW. of Axbridge, 1815 ac., pop. 281; contains B. Court.

Badgworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 18 pigs

British Place Names

Badgworth, Somerset

Badgworth is a village in Somerset

Badgworth in historic gazetteers

Badgworth in the Domesday Book