Odcombe

Other current and historical names

Oldcome
Lorna Doone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'13"N 2°42'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 350693, 115515
OS Grid: ST506155
Mapcode Local: GBR ML.P6Z1
Mapcode Global: FRA 567M.LRF

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

Odcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Odcombe, par. and vil., Somerset, 3 miles W. of Yeovil, 1276 ac., pop. 624.

Odcombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer Ator
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 16 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 36 pigs

British Place Names

Odcombe, Somerset

Odcombe is a village in Somerset

Odcombe in historic gazetteers

Odcombe in the Domesday Book