Swell

Other current and historical names

Sewelle
Sewella

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'23"N 2°54'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 336882, 123382
OS Grid: ST368233
Mapcode Local: GBR M9.JYP9
Mapcode Global: FRA 46TG.7MT

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

Swell in historic gazetteers

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

Swell, par., Somerset, 4 miles SW. of Langport, 891 ac., pop. 142.

Swell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bretel de Sancto Claro (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 12 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 34 acres
- Woodland: 5 mixed measures
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Swell, Somerset

Swell is a hamlet in Somerset

Swell in historic gazetteers

Swell in the Domesday Book