Freshford, Limpley Stoke, Bath and North East Somerset

Other current and historical names

Firford
Firforda
Limpley Stoke

Built-Up Area: Limpley Stoke
Parish/Community: Freshford
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°20'21"N 2°18'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 378822, 160079
OS Grid: ST788600
Mapcode Local: GBR 0QY.ZYG
Mapcode Global: VH96V.0L2L

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

Freshford in historic gazetteers

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

Freshford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Somerset, 4½ miles SE. of Bath, 561 ac., pop. 615; P.O., T.O.

Freshford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi the sheriff of Somerset
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Whiting (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Mills: 0.5, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 15 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Freshford, Bath and North East Somerset

Freshford is a village in Limpley Stoke, Bath and North East Somerset

Freshford in historic gazetteers

Freshford in the Domesday Book