Closworth

Other current and historical names

Closeworth
Clovewrde
Cloveswrda
Clovwrdeswrda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'18"N 2°37'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 356255, 110066
OS Grid: ST562100
Mapcode Local: GBR MP.S969
Mapcode Global: FRA 56DR.FTN

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

Closworth in historic gazetteers

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

Closworth, par., mid. Somerset, on r. Yeo, on border of co., 3½ miles S. of Yeovil ry. sta., 1071 ac., pop. 121.

Closworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 23 pigs; 100 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Closworth, Somerset

Closworth is a hamlet in Somerset

Closworth in historic gazetteers

Closworth in the Domesday Book