Woolston, Somerset

Location Map

Woolston is a hamlet in Somerset

Parish/Community: North Cadbury
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'56"N 2°29'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 365240, 127867
OS Grid: ST652278
Mapcode Local: GBR MV.GC39
Mapcode Global: FRA 56NB.WFB

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

Woolston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Montacute (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders; 8 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾

BritishPlaceNames.uk is a Good Stuff website.

British Place Names

Woolston, Somerset

Woolston is a hamlet in Somerset

Woolston in the Domesday Book