Bickenhall

Other current and historical names

Bichehalle
Bicehalda
Bichalda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°58'0"N 3°0'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 328826, 119089
OS Grid: ST288190
Mapcode Local: GBR M5.MD00
Mapcode Global: FRA 46KK.C77

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

Bickenhall in historic gazetteers

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

Bickenhall, par., W. Somerset, 5 miles SE. of Taunton, 1004 ac., pop. 155.

Bickenhall in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Lestre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 3 pigs; 7 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Bickenhall, Somerset

Bickenhall is a hamlet in Somerset

Bickenhall in historic gazetteers

Bickenhall in the Domesday Book