Templecombe

Other current and historical names

Abbas Combe

Built-Up Area: Templecombe
Parish/Community: Abbas and Templecombe
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'6"N 2°24'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 370930, 122564
OS Grid: ST709225
Mapcode Local: GBR MZ.K1T5
Mapcode Global: FRA 56TG.JQZ

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

Templecombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin; Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux; Samson the chaplain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 13/- in 1070; £10 13/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (8 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 20 pigs; 25 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Templecombe, Somerset

Templecombe is a village in Somerset

Templecombe in the Domesday Book