Hemington

Other current and historical names

Hamintone
Hamintona
Hammingtona
Hamitone

Parish/Community: Hemington
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°16'44"N 2°23'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 373040, 153396
OS Grid: ST730533
Mapcode Local: GBR 0RM.P46
Mapcode Global: VH975.K3GS

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

Hemington in historic gazetteers

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

Hemington, par. and vil., E. Somerset, 5 miles NW. of Frome, 3046 ac., pop. 581.

Hemington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward of Hemington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 21 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £19 in 1070; £19 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 8 smallholders; 11 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 50 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ league
- Animals in 1086: 19 cattle; 23 pigs; 58 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Hemington, Somerset

Hemington is a village in Somerset

Hemington in historic gazetteers

Hemington in the Domesday Book