Whatley

Parish/Community: Whatley
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°13'35"N 2°22'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 373695, 147560
OS Grid: ST736475
Mapcode Local: GBR 0SD.5KQ
Mapcode Global: VH97C.QFNJ

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

Whatley in historic gazetteers

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

Whatley, par. and vil., Somerset - par., 1259 ac., pop. 433; vil., 3 miles W. of Frome; P.O.

Whatley in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgar the monk
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walter Hussey (subinfeudated); John the usher (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 5/- in 1070; £4 5/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 14 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle

British Place Names

Whatley, Somerset

Whatley is a hamlet in Somerset

Whatley in historic gazetteers

Whatley in the Domesday Book