Freshford

Other current and historical names

Firford
Firforda
Limpley Stoke

Built-Up Area: Limpley Stoke
Parish/Community: Limpley Stoke
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°20'35"N 2°18'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 378500, 160500
OS Grid: ST785605
Mapcode Local: GBR 0QY.QRV
Mapcode Global: VH96T.XH4P

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, Wiltshire

Freshford is a village in Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire

Freshford in historic gazetteers

Freshford in the Domesday Book