Penselwood

Other current and historical names

Penzlewood
Penne
Pen
Penna
Pear Ash

Parish/Community: Pen Selwood
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'47"N 2°20'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 376054, 131218
OS Grid: ST760312
Mapcode Local: GBR 0V6.8D8
Mapcode Global: FRA 56Z8.GXV

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

Penselwood in historic gazetteers

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

Penselwood (or Penzlewood), par. and vil., Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Wincanton, 1101 ac., pop. 420.

Penselwood in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Gerald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 12 mixed measures
- Pasture: 20 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 13 pigs

British Place Names

Penselwood, Somerset

Penselwood is a village in Somerset

Penselwood in historic gazetteers

Penselwood in the Domesday Book