Willett

Other current and historical names

Willet

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'42"N 3°16'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 310474, 133648
OS Grid: ST104336
Mapcode Local: GBR LS.CBWZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 4607.B1D

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

Willett in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Dunn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Mohun
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 3 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Willett, Somerset

Willett is a hamlet in Somerset

Willett in the Domesday Book