Durston

Other current and historical names

Derstona
Destona
Lower Durston
Durston, Lower

Parish/Community: Durston
District/Borough: Taunton Deane
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'49"N 3°0'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 329065, 128004
OS Grid: ST290280
Mapcode Local: GBR M5.G6DT
Mapcode Global: FRA 46KC.5VF

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

Durston in historic gazetteers

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

Durston, par. and hamlet with ry. sta., W. Somerset, 6 miles S. of Bridgwater, 1022 ac., pop. 222; P.O.

Durston in the Domesday Book

A village in North Petherton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle

British Place Names

Durston, Somerset

Durston is a village in Somerset

Durston in historic gazetteers

Durston in the Domesday Book