Mells

Other current and historical names

Mulle
Mulla

Built-Up Area: Mells
Parish/Community: Mells
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°14'13"N 2°23'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 372555, 148726
OS Grid: ST725487
Mapcode Local: GBR 0S6.7G5
Mapcode Global: VH97C.F5ZG

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

Mells in historic gazetteers

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

Mells.-- par. and vil., Somerset, 3½ miles NW. of Frome, 3611 ac., pop. 972; P.O.; has coal mines and ironworks.

Mells in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godiva's husband; Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary; Thanes, two
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury; Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Godiva wife of Brictric (subinfeudated); Ascelin (subinfeudated); Abbey of Glastonbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 5/- in 1070; £11 11/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders; 5 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 15 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Mells, Somerset

Mells is a village in Somerset

Mells in historic gazetteers

Mells in the Domesday Book