Nettlecombe

Other current and historical names

Netelcome
Merriott

Parish/Community: Powerstock
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'27"N 2°41'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 351821, 95555
OS Grid: SY518955
Mapcode Local: GBR PR.8M0J
Mapcode Global: FRA 5782.N0T

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

Nettlecombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Eggardon hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Cerne St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Cerne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Cerne; 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1070; £10 15/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 slaves; 7 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Animals in 1086: 5 goats

British Place Names

Nettlecombe, Dorset

Nettlecombe is a village in Dorset

Nettlecombe in the Domesday Book