Winscombe

Other current and historical names

Winesome
Sidcot

Built-Up Area: Winscombe
Parish/Community: Winscombe and Sandford
Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'52"N 2°49'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 342051, 157606
OS Grid: ST420576
Mapcode Local: GBR JD.XJ4N
Mapcode Global: VH7CT.V772

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

Winscombe in historic gazetteers

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

Winscombe, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset, 2 miles NW. of Axbridge, 4140 ac., pop. 1259; has an endowed school.

Winscombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictric; Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury; Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury; Bishop of Coutances; Pipe (subinfeudated); Ralph Crooked Hands (subinfeudated); Roger of Courseulles (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 15/- in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (35 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Pasture: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 8 cows; 16 pigs; 31 goats

British Place Names

Winscombe, North Somerset

Winscombe is a village in North Somerset

Winscombe in historic gazetteers

Winscombe in the Domesday Book