Chiselborough

Other current and historical names

Ceoselbergon
Ceselberia
Ceolseberge

Parish/Community: Chiselborough
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'48"N 2°45'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 346897, 114791
OS Grid: ST468147
Mapcode Local: GBR MH.PRBL
Mapcode Global: FRA 563N.3R0

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

Chiselborough in historic gazetteers

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

Chiselborough, par. and vil., mid. Somerset, 5 miles NE. of Crewkerne, 790 ac., pop. 361.

Chiselborough in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 12 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 38 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 4 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Chiselborough, Somerset

Chiselborough is a village in Somerset

Chiselborough in historic gazetteers

Chiselborough in the Domesday Book