Puckington

Other current and historical names

Pochingtona
Pochintune
Pokintuna

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'30"N 2°53'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 337581, 118058
OS Grid: ST375180
Mapcode Local: GBR MB.MTWV
Mapcode Global: FRA 46TK.ZVT

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

Puckington in historic gazetteers

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

Puckington, par. and vil., Somerset, 3 miles N. of Ilminster, 610 ac., pop. 229.

Puckington in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Muchelney St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward; Leofing
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 132 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 2 goats

British Place Names

Puckington, Somerset

Puckington is a village in Somerset

Puckington in historic gazetteers

Puckington in the Domesday Book