Heathfield

Other current and historical names

Herfeld
Herfelt
Hafella

Parish/Community: Oake
District/Borough: Taunton Deane
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'50"N 3°11'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 316101, 126374
OS Grid: ST161263
Mapcode Local: GBR LX.H7PS
Mapcode Global: FRA 466D.60M

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

Heathfield in historic gazetteers

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

Heathfield, par., W. Somerset, 5 miles NW. of Taunton, 692 ac., pop. 102.

Heathfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Mohun
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 freeman; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 18 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle

British Place Names

Heathfield, Somerset

Heathfield is a hamlet in Somerset

Heathfield in historic gazetteers

Heathfield in the Domesday Book