Cossington

Other current and historical names

Consintone
Consintona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'33"N 2°55'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 335959, 140410
OS Grid: ST359404
Mapcode Local: GBR M9.76R8
Mapcode Global: VH7DK.D453

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

Cossington in historic gazetteers

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

Cossington, par., W. Somerset, 4 miles NE. of Bridgwater, 1380 ac., pop. 227; P.O.

Cossington in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Pike
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Douai (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 26 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Cossington, Somerset

Cossington is a village in Somerset

Cossington in historic gazetteers

Cossington in the Domesday Book