Kingweston

Other current and historical names

Kenardstone
Kinuardestuna
Chinwardstune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'32"N 2°40'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 352737, 130939
OS Grid: ST527309
Mapcode Local: GBR MM.DFTX
Mapcode Global: FRA 5688.R8P

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

Kingweston in historic gazetteers

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

Kingweston (or Kenardstone), par., Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Somerton, 1166.ac., pop. 148; P.O.; contains Kings Weston House.

Kingweston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva Beteslau
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Ida of Boulogne (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 3 mixed measures
- Pasture: 22 acres
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 12 pigs

British Place Names

Kingweston, Somerset

Kingweston is a hamlet in Somerset

Kingweston in historic gazetteers

Kingweston in the Domesday Book