Donyatt

Other current and historical names

Doniet
Donieht

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'19"N 2°56'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 333980, 114036
OS Grid: ST339140
Mapcode Local: GBR M8.Q6TC
Mapcode Global: FRA 46QN.XWC

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

Donyatt in historic gazetteers

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

Donyatt, par., W. Somerset, 1½ mile SW. of Ilminster, 1223 ac., pop. 382.

Donyatt in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Adulf; Saewin; Dunstan of Donyatt
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Montacute (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 9 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 50 acres
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 30 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Donyatt, Somerset

Donyatt is a village in Somerset

Donyatt in historic gazetteers

Donyatt in the Domesday Book