Withycombe

Other current and historical names

Widicumbe
Widicomba

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'43"N 3°24'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 301542, 141253
OS Grid: ST015412
Mapcode Local: GBR LM.722K
Mapcode Global: VH6GT.V2F1

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

Withycombe in historic gazetteers

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

Withycombe, par. and vil., Somerset, 5 miles W. of Williton, 1787 ac., pop. 279.

Withycombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edmer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 7 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 96 acres
- Pasture: 550 acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 10 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Withycombe, Somerset

Withycombe is a village in Somerset

Withycombe in historic gazetteers

Withycombe in the Domesday Book