Rimpton

Other current and historical names

Rintone
Rintona
Heaven's Door

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'32"N 2°33'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 360764, 121603
OS Grid: ST607216
Mapcode Local: GBR MS.KM4C
Mapcode Global: FRA 56JH.8BG

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

Rimpton in historic gazetteers

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

Rimpton, par., Somerset, 3½ miles NW. of Sherborne, 999 ac., pop. 260; P.O.

Rimpton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 24 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Rimpton, Somerset

Rimpton is a village in Somerset

Rimpton in historic gazetteers

Rimpton in the Domesday Book