Houndstone

Other current and historical names

Hundestone
Hundestona

Built-Up Area: Yeovil
Parish/Community: Brympton
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'4"N 2°40'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 352628, 117093
OS Grid: ST526170
Mapcode Local: GBR MM.N7XD
Mapcode Global: FRA 568L.KDV

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

Houndstone in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 3 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle

British Place Names

Houndstone, Somerset

Houndstone is a suburban area in Yeovil, Somerset

Houndstone in the Domesday Book