Evercreech

Other current and historical names

Evercriz
Evrecriz

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°8'49"N 2°30'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 364837, 138758
OS Grid: ST648387
Mapcode Local: GBR MV.83D4
Mapcode Global: VH8B7.KF1K

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

Evercreech in historic gazetteers

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

Evercreech, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Evercreech New), mid. Somerset, 2 miles NW. of Evercreech Junction and 3½ miles SE. of Shepton Mallet, 4078 ac., pop. 1126; P.O., T.O.

Evercreech in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Wells St Andrew
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Wells
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 Englishmen (subinfeudated); Hildebert of Tours (subinfeudated); Magher (subinfeudated); Erneis of Downhead (subinfeudated); Bishop of Wells; 1 priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £19 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 14 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 25 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Evercreech, Somerset

Evercreech is a village in Somerset

Evercreech in historic gazetteers

Evercreech in the Domesday Book