Catcott

Other current and historical names

Cadicota
Caldecote

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°8'58"N 2°51'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 339501, 139271
OS Grid: ST395392
Mapcode Local: GBR MC.7TXV
Mapcode Global: VH7DL.8CJN

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

Catcott in historic gazetteers

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

Catcott, township, Moorlinch par., W. Somerset, 7 miles NE. of Bridgwater, 2256 ac., pop. 550.

Catcott in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, fourteen; Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain' (subinfeudated); Roger of Courseulles (subinfeudated); Abbey of Glastonbury; Warmund (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 30 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £38 10/- in 1086
- Households: 46 villagers; 51 smallholders; 22 slaves; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 16 lord's ploughs; 26 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 159 acres
- Woodland: 88 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 34 cattle; 44 pigs; 2 cobs; 13 horses

British Place Names

Catcott, Somerset

Catcott is a village in Somerset

Catcott in historic gazetteers

Catcott in the Domesday Book