Holnicote

Other current and historical names

Hunecote
Hunecota
Hunnecota
Selworthy

Parish/Community: Selworthy
District/Borough: West Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°12'26"N 3°33'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 291500, 146500
OS Grid: SS915465
Mapcode Local: GBR LF.479X
Mapcode Global: VH5JX.BXQ9

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

Holnicote in historic gazetteers

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

Holnicote, hamlet and seat, Selworthy par., W. Somerset, 4 miles NW. of Watchet.

Holnicote in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: 2 nuns
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 nuns
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictwin; Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated); Odo son of Gamalin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/- in 1070; £1 2/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Pasture: 16 acres

British Place Names

Holnicote, Somerset

Holnicote is a settlement in Somerset

Holnicote in historic gazetteers

Holnicote in the Domesday Book