Fivehead

Other current and historical names

Fifhide
Fihida

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'11"N 2°55'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 335139, 123046
OS Grid: ST351230
Mapcode Local: GBR M8.K4L3
Mapcode Global: FRA 46RG.HZ1

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

Fivehead in historic gazetteers

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

Fivehead, par., W. Somerset, 4½ miles SW. of Langport, 1721 ac., pop. 416; P.O.

Fivehead in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bertram of Verdun (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 15 pigs; 30 goats

British Place Names

Fivehead, Somerset

Fivehead is a village in Somerset

Fivehead in historic gazetteers

Fivehead in the Domesday Book