Blackford

Parish/Community: Compton Pauncefoot
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'3"N 2°29'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 365730, 126231
OS Grid: ST657262
Mapcode Local: GBR MW.H0Y6
Mapcode Global: FRA 56ND.5NW

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

Blackford in historic gazetteers

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

Blackford.-- par., mid. Somerset, 4½ miles SW. of Wincanton, 578 ac., pop. 140.

Blackford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwaker father of Aelfric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 10 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 115 acres
- Woodland: 47 acres
- Pasture: 43 acres
- Animals in 1086: 30 cattle; 24 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 8 pigs

British Place Names

Blackford, Somerset

Blackford is a village in Somerset

Blackford in historic gazetteers

Blackford in the Domesday Book