Brushford

Other current and historical names

Domesday

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'14"N 3°32'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 292369, 125707
OS Grid: SS923257
Mapcode Local: GBR LG.HS2J
Mapcode Global: FRA 36HF.099

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

Brushford in historic gazetteers

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

Brushford, par., W. Somerset, on r. Exe, 8 m. NW. of Tiverton, 2759 ac., pop. 326.

Brushford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mauger of Carteret (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 17 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 12/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 2 pigs; 20 goats

British Place Names

Brushford, Somerset

Brushford is a village in Somerset

Brushford in historic gazetteers

Brushford in the Domesday Book