Fiddington

Other current and historical names

Fitintone
Fiintona
Fitona

Parish/Community: Fiddington
District/Borough: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'32"N 3°7'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 321683, 140556
OS Grid: ST216405
Mapcode Local: GBR M0.791H
Mapcode Global: VH6GZ.V47F

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

Fiddington in historic gazetteers

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

Fiddington.-- par., W. Somerset, 6 miles NW. of Bridgwater, 1258 ac., pop. 237.

Fiddington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Teversham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 21 acres
- Woodland: 42 acres
- Pasture: 80 acres
- Mills: 2, value 2 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 11 pigs; 14 goats

British Place Names

Fiddington, Somerset

Fiddington is a hamlet in Somerset

Fiddington in historic gazetteers

Fiddington in the Domesday Book