Tolland

Other current and historical names

Talanda
Talham
Talam
East Town
Town, East

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'53"N 3°17'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 310185, 132127
OS Grid: ST101321
Mapcode Local: GBR LS.D3YD
Mapcode Global: FRA 4608.8L8

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

Tolland in historic gazetteers

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

Tolland, par., Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Wiveliscorr.be and 9 miles NW. of Taunton, 824 ac., pop. 129.

Tolland in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin of Tolland
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 15 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 14 pigs

British Place Names

Tolland, Somerset

Tolland is a hamlet in Somerset

Tolland in historic gazetteers

Tolland in the Domesday Book