Exton

Other current and historical names

Essetune
Essetuna
Essatuna
Bridgetown

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'30"N 3°32'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 292578, 133608
OS Grid: SS925336
Mapcode Local: GBR LG.CD64
Mapcode Global: FRA 36H7.DK4

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

Exton in historic gazetteers

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

Exton, par., W. Somerset, on river Exe, 4 miles NE. of Dulverton, 4045 ac., pop. 405.

Exton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: King Edward; Edwin son of Burgred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 15/- in 1070; £6 15/- in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 13 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs

British Place Names

Exton, Somerset

Exton is a hamlet in Somerset

Exton in historic gazetteers

Exton in the Domesday Book