Whitestaunton, Somerset

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Whitestaunton is a hamlet in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Whitstaunton
White Staunton
Staunton
Stantune
Stuna
Santuna
Staunton White

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'20"N 3°1'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 328172, 110436
OS Grid: ST281104
Mapcode Local: GBR M4.SB2V
Mapcode Global: FRA 46KR.G8Z

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

Whitestaunton in historic gazetteers

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

Whitestaunton, par., Somerset, 3 miles NW. of Chard, 1960 ac., pop. 208.

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

Whitstaunton, Somerset. See WHITESTAUNTON.

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

Staunton, White. See WHITESTAUNTON.

Whitestaunton in the Domesday Book

A village in South Petherton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Woodland: 260 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 16 pigs; 13 goats; 1 cob

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British Place Names

Whitestaunton, Somerset

Whitestaunton is a hamlet in Somerset

Whitestaunton in historic gazetteers

Whitestaunton in the Domesday Book