Dunkerton

Other current and historical names

Duncretone
Duncretona
Duncretun

Parish/Community: Dunkerton and Tunley
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'57"N 2°25'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 371053, 159374
OS Grid: ST710593
Mapcode Local: GBR JZ.W6RL
Mapcode Global: VH96S.2R4Q

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

Dunkerton in historic gazetteers

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

Dunkerton, par. and vil., E. Somerset, on Somerset Canal. 5 miles SW. of Bath, 1233 ac., pop. 1019; P.O.

Dunkerton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwy; Alwold the bald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard Pancevolt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 5/- in 1070; £6 5/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Pasture: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 36 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Dunkerton, Bath and North East Somerset

Dunkerton is a village in Bath and North East Somerset

Dunkerton in historic gazetteers

Dunkerton in the Domesday Book