Stawell

Other current and historical names

Stawelle
Estawella

Parish/Community: Stawell
District/Borough: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°8'25"N 2°54'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 336781, 138279
OS Grid: ST367382
Mapcode Local: GBR M9.8HTH
Mapcode Global: VH7DK.LLLQ

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

Stawell in historic gazetteers

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

Stawell, township, Moorlinch par., Somerset, 4 miles E. of Bridgwater, 973 ac., pop. 177.

Stawell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godescal (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 5 cobs

British Place Names

Stawell, Somerset

Stawell is a village in Somerset

Stawell in historic gazetteers

Stawell in the Domesday Book