Kingstone

Other current and historical names

Chingestone
Chingestana

Parish/Community: Dowlish Wake
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'4"N 2°53'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 337634, 113537
OS Grid: ST376135
Mapcode Local: GBR MB.QG0J
Mapcode Global: FRA 46VP.0H3

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

Kingstone in historic gazetteers

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

Kingstone, par., Somerset, in S. of co., 1 mile SE. of Ilminster, 3477 ac., pop. 228.

Kingstone in the Domesday Book

A village in South Petherton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of St Clair (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 13 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 41 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 38 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £13 in 1086

British Place Names

Kingstone, Somerset

Kingstone is a hamlet in Somerset

Kingstone in historic gazetteers

Kingstone in the Domesday Book