Somerton

Other current and historical names

Sumertone

Built-Up Area: Somerton
Parish/Community: Somerton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'15"N 1°16'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 449962, 228677
OS Grid: SP499286
Mapcode Local: GBR 7V8.GLW
Mapcode Global: VHCWV.V4ML

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

Somerton in historic gazetteers

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

Somerton.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., in N. of Oxfordshire, Similes S. of Banbury, 1842 ac., pop. 344; P.O.

Somerton in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald Wadard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Pasture: 156 acres
- Mills: 1, value £1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald Cnut (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald Cnut (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Somerton, Oxfordshire

Somerton is a village in Somerton , Oxfordshire

Somerton in historic gazetteers

Somerton in the Domesday Book