Keevil

Other current and historical names

Chivele

Built-Up Area: Keevil
Parish/Community: Keevil
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'15"N 2°6'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 392051, 158000
OS Grid: ST920580
Mapcode Local: GBR 2V8.00M
Mapcode Global: VH974.82Z2

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

Keevil in historic gazetteers

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

Keevil, par., township, and vil., Wilts, 4½ miles E. of Trowbridgep - par., 1910 ac., pop. 550; township, pop. 377; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of K. House.

Keevil in the Domesday Book

A village in Whorwellsdown hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1070; £26 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 14 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value £2 15/-

British Place Names

Keevil, East Dorset

Keevil is a village in East Dorset

Keevil in historic gazetteers

Keevil in the Domesday Book