Sparkford

Other current and historical names

Sparkeforde
Spercheford

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'57"N 2°33'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 360737, 126068
OS Grid: ST607260
Mapcode Local: GBR MS.H6WN
Mapcode Global: FRA 56JD.1ZG

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

Sparkford in historic gazetteers

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

Sparkford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset - par., 950 ac., pop. 253; vil., 5 miles SW. of Castle Cary; P.O.; near the vil. is Sparkford Hall, seat.

Sparkford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwaker father of Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 19 pigs

British Place Names

Sparkford, Somerset

Sparkford is a village in Somerset

Sparkford in historic gazetteers

Sparkford in the Domesday Book