Pitney

Other current and historical names

Petenie
Peteneia

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°3'7"N 2°47'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 344813, 128364
OS Grid: ST448283
Mapcode Local: GBR MG.G38V
Mapcode Global: FRA 561B.PC6

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

Pitney in historic gazetteers

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

Pitney, par., Somerset, 2 miles NE. of Langport, 1500 ac., pop. 321.

Pitney in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward White the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres

British Place Names

Pitney, Somerset

Pitney is a village in Somerset

Pitney in historic gazetteers

Pitney in the Domesday Book