Crewkerne

Other current and historical names

Cruecerne
Crocern
Crockherene
Crookorn
Cruaern
Crucche
Cruche
Cruca
Crucca
Chruca

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'5"N 2°47'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 344123, 109787
OS Grid: ST441097
Mapcode Local: GBR MG.SFKG
Mapcode Global: FRA 561R.LPQ

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

Crewkerne in historic gazetteers

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

Crewkerne (the Place of the Cross), market town and par. with ry. sta., mid. Somerset, in the valley of the Axe and Parret, 15 miles SE. of Taunton and 132 miles SW. of London, 5331 ac., pop. 4986; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers.Market-day, Saturday; has a grammar-school (1499) and some mfrs. of sailcloth, sacking, dowlas, and stockings.

Crewkerne in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Caen Saint-Etienne
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Caen Saint-Etienne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Abbey of Caen Saint-Etienne
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 19 smallholders; 2 slaves; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 14 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: King William; Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Turstin the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £48 10/- in 1086
- Households: 42 villagers; 45 smallholders; 12 slaves; 26 other households
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 4, value £2
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 40 pigs; 64 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Crewkerne, Somerset

Crewkerne is a town in Somerset

Crewkerne in historic gazetteers

Crewkerne in the Domesday Book