Horsington

Other current and historical names

Horstenetone
Horsstenetona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'36"N 2°25'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 370500, 123500
OS Grid: ST705235
Mapcode Local: GBR MZ.JL70
Mapcode Global: FRA 56TF.VPD

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

Horsington in historic gazetteers

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

Horsington, par. and vil., mid. Somerset, 3½ miles SW. of Wincanton, 3591 ac., pop. 734; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Horsington House.

Horsington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aldeva; Saeward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Guy
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William son of Guy; Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 11 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 10 smallholders; 12 cottagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 7 furlongs
- Pasture: 6 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 3/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 28 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Horsington, Somerset

Horsington is a village in Somerset

Horsington in historic gazetteers

Horsington in the Domesday Book