Pitcombe

Other current and historical names

Pidecome
Pidecoma

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'59"N 2°27'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 367500, 133500
OS Grid: ST675335
Mapcode Local: GBR MX.BTCK
Mapcode Global: FRA 56Q6.WVB

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

Pitcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Pitcombe, par., Somerset, 1½ mile SW. of Bruton, 1050 ac., pop. 421.

Pitcombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold the bald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 19 smallholders; 11 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 5 acres
- Mills: 2, value 15 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 60 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Pitcombe, Somerset

Pitcombe is a suburban area in Bruton, Somerset

Pitcombe in historic gazetteers

Pitcombe in the Domesday Book