Butcombe

Other current and historical names

Budicombe
Budicomba

Parish/Community: Butcombe
Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'5"N 2°41'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 351463, 161622
OS Grid: ST514616
Mapcode Local: GBR JL.V1Z5
Mapcode Global: VH895.59T6

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

Butcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Butcombe, par., E. Somerset, 8 miles NE. of Axbridge, 983 ac., pop. 189.

Butcombe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcran of Butcombe (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1/7¼
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 2 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Woodland: 2 furlongs

British Place Names

Butcombe, North Somerset

Butcombe is a village in North Somerset

Butcombe in historic gazetteers

Butcombe in the Domesday Book