Crowcombe

Other current and historical names

Crawecumbe
Crawecoma
Lawford

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'21"N 3°13'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 314066, 136632
OS Grid: ST140366
Mapcode Local: GBR LV.9KQX
Mapcode Global: VH6H3.Z15T

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

Crowcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Crowcombe, par. and vil. (ry. sta. C. Heathfield), V. Somerset, 5 miles SE. of Watchet, 3176 ac., pop. 140; P.O.; the vil. is 1½ mile N. of the sta.; adjacent to vil. is Crowcombe Court.

Crowcombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the constable (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 31 villagers; 10 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 26 cattle; 26 pigs; 28 goats

British Place Names

Crowcombe, Somerset

Crowcombe is a village in Somerset

Crowcombe in historic gazetteers

Crowcombe in the Domesday Book