Loxton

Other current and historical names

Lochestone
Lochestona

Parish/Community: Loxton
Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'52"N 2°53'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 337489, 155807
OS Grid: ST374558
Mapcode Local: GBR J9.YKRL
Mapcode Global: VH7CS.QM9W

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

Loxton in historic gazetteers

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

Loxton; par. and vil., Somerset, 3½ miles NW. of Axbridge, 1203 ac., pop. 134; contains Loxton Manor.

Loxton in the Domesday Book

A village in Winterstoke 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: Count Eustace
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4¾d
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 3 pigs

British Place Names

Loxton, North Somerset

Loxton is a village in North Somerset

Loxton in historic gazetteers

Loxton in the Domesday Book