Gatcombe

Other current and historical names

Gatecombe

Parish/Community: Chillerton and Gatcombe
Unitary Authority: Isle of Wight
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°39'53"N 1°18'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 448912, 85261
OS Grid: SZ489852
Mapcode Local: GBR 8BW.CS9
Mapcode Global: FRA 8749.XDT

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

Gatcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Gatcombe.-- par., Isle of Wight, on river Medina, 3 miles SW. of Newport, 1401 ac., pop. 228; contains the seat of Gatcombe House.

Gatcombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Bowcombe hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Stur
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Stur
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 15 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 26 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½

British Place Names

Gatcombe, Isle of Wight

Gatcombe is a hamlet in Isle of Wight

Gatcombe in historic gazetteers

Gatcombe in the Domesday Book