Batcombe

Other current and historical names

Batecomba
Batecumba

Built-Up Area: Batcombe
Parish/Community: Batcombe
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'2"N 2°26'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 368973, 139132
OS Grid: ST689391
Mapcode Local: GBR MY.7SDZ
Mapcode Global: VH8B8.KBSS

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

Batcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Batcombe, par., mid. Somerset, 2½ miles N. of Bruton, 3229 ac., pop. 619; P.O.

Batcombe 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: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary; Alfhild the abbot's mother; Wulfwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Courseulles (subinfeudated); Ascelin (subinfeudated); Abbey of Glastonbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £12 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 24 smallholders; 6 cottagers; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 44 acres
- Woodland: 56 acres
- Pasture: 28 acres
- Mills: 3, value 10 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 19 cattle; 21 pigs; 17 goats; 4 cobs

British Place Names

Batcombe, Somerset

Batcombe is a village in Somerset

Batcombe in historic gazetteers

Batcombe in the Domesday Book