Laverton

Other current and historical names

Lavretone
Lavretona

Parish/Community: Lullington
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°16'45"N 2°19'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 377907, 153392
OS Grid: ST779533
Mapcode Local: GBR 0RQ.NQT
Mapcode Global: VH976.R3VP

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

Laverton in historic gazetteers

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

Laverton.-- par. and vil., Somerset, 3 miles N. of Frome, 1034 ac., pop. 123.

Laverton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alstan of Boscombe
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 7 pigs; 15 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Laverton, Somerset

Laverton is a village in Somerset

Laverton in historic gazetteers

Laverton in the Domesday Book