Skilgate

Other current and historical names

Scheligate
Schiligata

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'10"N 3°26'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 298751, 127315
OS Grid: SS987273
Mapcode Local: GBR LK.H4YM
Mapcode Global: FRA 36NC.ZGN

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

Skilgate in historic gazetteers

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

Skilgate, par. and vil., Somerset - par., 2108 ac., pop. 219; vil., 4 miles NE. of Bampton; P.O.

Skilgate in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Gatemore (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 9½d
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle

British Place Names

Skilgate, Somerset

Skilgate is a hamlet in Somerset

Skilgate in historic gazetteers

Skilgate in the Domesday Book