Claverton

Other current and historical names

Claverdon
Clafertona
Claftertone
Claftona

Parish/Community: Claverton
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°22'25"N 2°18'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 378850, 163889
OS Grid: ST788638
Mapcode Local: GBR 0QL.S07
Mapcode Global: VH96N.0Q4S

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

Claverton in historic gazetteers

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

Claverton, par. and vil., E. Somerset, on river Avon and Kennet Canal, 2 miles SE. of Bath, 1228 ac., pop. 251; contains Claverton Manor.

Claverton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugolin the interpreter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugolin the interpreter
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Pasture: 12 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 29 pigs; 20 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Claverton, Bath and North East Somerset

Claverton is a village in Bath and North East Somerset

Claverton in historic gazetteers

Claverton in the Domesday Book