Nettlecombe

Other current and historical names

Netecumbe
Netecomba
Netelcumbe
Netelcomba
Netecoba

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'56"N 3°20'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 305674, 137863
OS Grid: ST056378
Mapcode Local: GBR LP.8Z4V
Mapcode Global: VH6GV.WSNW

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 historic gazetteers

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

Nettlecombe, par., Somerset, 4 miles S. of Watchet, 2800 ac., pop. 295; contains the seat of Nettlecombe Court.

Nettlecombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 11/12 in 1070; £4 11/12 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 50 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 1 cob

British Place Names

Nettlecombe, Somerset

Nettlecombe is a village in Somerset

Nettlecombe in historic gazetteers

Nettlecombe in the Domesday Book