Lovington

Other current and historical names

Lovintona
Lovintune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'48"N 2°34'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 359522, 131362
OS Grid: ST595313
Mapcode Local: GBR MR.D8C5
Mapcode Global: FRA 56H8.F04

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

Lovington in historic gazetteers

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

Lovington, par. and vil., Somerset, 10 miles SW. of Wincanton, 822 ac., pop. 203.

Lovington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Serlo of Burcy
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Lambert (subinfeudated); Serlo of Burcy
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 52 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 13 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Lovington, Somerset

Lovington is a village in Somerset

Lovington in historic gazetteers

Lovington in the Domesday Book