Greinton

Other current and historical names

Grenton
Graintone
Graintona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'25"N 2°50'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 341577, 136373
OS Grid: ST415363
Mapcode Local: GBR MD.9H9B
Mapcode Global: VH7DS.S0HX

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

Greinton in historic gazetteers

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

Greinton (or Grenton), par., W. Somerset, 6 miles SW. of Glastonbury, 845 ac., pop. 133.

Greinton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard the ditcher (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 5 slaves; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 6 pigs

British Place Names

Greinton, Somerset

Greinton is a village in Somerset

Greinton in historic gazetteers

Greinton in the Domesday Book