Limington, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset

Other current and historical names

Limingtone
Limintone
Limigtone
Limintona
Yeovilton

Built-Up Area: Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton
Parish/Community: Yeovilton
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'0"N 2°38'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 354500, 122500
OS Grid: ST545225
Mapcode Local: GBR MN.K8HW
Mapcode Global: FRA 56BG.PJ0

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

Limington in historic gazetteers

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

Limington, par. and vil., Somerset, 1 mile SE. of Ilchester, 1602 ac., pop. 296; P.O.

Limington in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 13 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Pasture: 12 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value £1
- Animals in 1086: 3 cows; 20 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Courseulles

British Place Names

Limington, Somerset

Limington is a settlement in Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset

Limington in historic gazetteers

Limington in the Domesday Book