Winsham

Other current and historical names

Winesham

Built-Up Area: Winsham
Parish/Community: Winsham
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'12"N 2°53'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 337450, 106376
OS Grid: ST374063
Mapcode Local: GBR MB.VFNM
Mapcode Global: FRA 46TV.CXK

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

Winsham in historic gazetteers

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

Winsham, par. and vil., Somerset - par., 2953 ac., pop. 859; vil., 4 miles SE. of Chard; P.O.

Winsham in the Domesday Book

A village in Kingsbury Episcopi hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Wells
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osmund (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 50 villagers; 12 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 2, value £1
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 13 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Winsham, Somerset

Winsham is a village in Somerset

Winsham in historic gazetteers

Winsham in the Domesday Book