Thurlbear

Other current and historical names

Torlaberie
Torlaberia

Parish/Community: Orchard Portman
District/Borough: Taunton Deane
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'5"N 3°2'51"W
Eastings/Northings: 326552, 121132
OS Grid: ST265211
Mapcode Local: GBR M3.L9P4
Mapcode Global: FRA 46HH.Y73

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

Thurlbear in historic gazetteers

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

Thurlbear, par., Somerset, 3½ miles SE. of Tauutou, 949 ac., pop. 133.

Thurlbear in the Domesday Book

A village in North Curry hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Montacute (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Thurlbear, Somerset

Thurlbear is a hamlet in Somerset

Thurlbear in historic gazetteers

Thurlbear in the Domesday Book