Holton

Other current and historical names

Haltona
Altone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'26"N 2°26'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 368548, 126902
OS Grid: ST685269
Mapcode Local: GBR MX.GR44
Mapcode Global: FRA 56RC.HBM

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

Holton in historic gazetteers

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

Holton, par. and vil., mid. Somerset, 2½ miles SW. of Wincanton, 491 ac., pop. 169; P.O.

Holton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 12 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Holton, Somerset

Holton is a village in Somerset

Holton in historic gazetteers

Holton in the Domesday Book