Batheaston

Other current and historical names

Bathstone
Easton
Estone
Estona

Built-Up Area: Bath
Parish/Community: Batheaston
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°24'18"N 2°19'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 378062, 167403
OS Grid: ST780674
Mapcode Local: GBR 0Q5.WLF
Mapcode Global: VH96F.SYK4

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

Batheaston in historic gazetteers

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

Batheaston, par., E. Somerset, 2 miles NE. of Bath, 1863 ac., pop. 1637; P.O., T.O. Salisbury Hill (600 ft.) has remains of an ancient circular camp.

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

Easton, par., Somerset. See BATHEASTON.

Batheaston in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ingulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugolin the interpreter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugolin the interpreter
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 13 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 2 slaves; 7 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 2, value 8/2½
- Animals in 1086: 24 goats
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bath St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bath
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Hussey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 2, value 6/7¼

British Place Names

Batheaston, Bath and North East Somerset

Batheaston is a village in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

Batheaston in historic gazetteers

Batheaston in the Domesday Book