How many places are in the Domesday Book for Somerset?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 606 settlements in Somerset. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Somerset in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Somerset appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Somerset Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 606 Somerset settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Somerset

Somerset

606 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Somerset has 606 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

Taunton

195.70000000000002 pounds in 1086

Belluton

126.25 pounds in 1086

Keynsham

122.25 pounds in 1086

Stanton

122.25 pounds in 1086

Cannington

110.62 pounds in 1086

Westowe

110.12 pounds in 1086

Carhampton

109.62 pounds in 1086

Williton

108.12 pounds in 1086

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C89 places

[North] Cadbury [Queen] Camel [West] Camel Cameley Camerton Cannington Capland Capton Carhampton Carlingcott [Castle] Cary Cary [Fitzpaine][Lytes] Cary Catcott Cathanger Chaffcombe Chard Charlcombe Charlinch Charlton Charlton [Adam]Charlton [Mackrell]Charlton [Musgrove]Cheddar Cheddon [Fitzpaine]Chelvey Chelwood [North and South] Cheriton Chew [Magna]Chewton [Mendip]Chilcompton Chillyhill Chilthorne [Domer and Vagg]Chilton [Cantelo]Chilton [Polden]Chilton [Trinity]Chilton [Trivett][East, Middle and West] Chinnock Chipstable Chiselborough Chubworthy Churchstanton Clapton Clapton [-in-Gordano]Clapton and [Higher] Clapton Clatworthy Claverham Claverton Clayhill [Old] Cleeve Clevedon Clewer Cloford Closworth Clutton [East, North and West] Coker Coleford Combe [Abbas] Combe Combe [Hay][Monkton] Combe Combe [St Nicholas]Combe [Sydenham]Combwich Compton [Dando]Compton [Dundon]Compton [Durville]Compton [Martin]Compton [Pauncefoot]Congresbury Corston Corton [Denham]Cossington Crandon [East and West] Cranmore Creech [St Michael]Crewkerne Cricket [Malherbie]Cricket [St Thomas]Crook Croscombe Crowcombe Cucklington Cudworth Culbone Curry [Mallet]Curry [Rivel]Currypool Cutcombe

E21 places

Earnshill Easthams Easton [-in-Gordano][Ston] Easton Eastrip Eckweek Edington Edingworth Edstock Elborough Eleigh Elm Elworthy Embelle Emborough Englishcombe Enmore Evercreech Eversy Exford Exton

F11 places

Fairoak Farleigh [Hungerford]Farmborough Farrington [Gurney]Fiddington Fivehead Foddington Ford Foxcote Freshford Frome

G6 places

Gilcott Glastonbury Goathurst Gothelney Greenham Greinton

I6 places

Idson Ilchester Ilminster Ilton Isle [Abbotts]Isle [Brewers]

K17 places

Keinton [Mandeville]Kenn Kewstoke Keyford and [Little] Keyford Keynsham Kilmersdon Kilton Kilve Kingsbury [Episcopi]Kingston [Seymour]Kingstone Kingweston Kittisford Knowle Knowle Knowle [Park]Knowle [St Giles]

N12 places

Nettlecombe Newhall Newton [North and West] Newton Newton [St Loe]North Curry Norton [Fitzwarren]Norton [Malreward]Norton [St Philip]Norton [-sub-Hamdon]Nunney Nynehead and [East] Nynehead

O8 places

Oake Oakley Oaktrow Oare Odcombe Orchardleigh Otterhampton Overleigh and [Lower and Mid] Leigh

Q4 places

Quantock [East] Quantoxhead [West] Quantoxhead [North and South] Quarme

R12 places

Raddington Radlet Radstock Rapps Redlynch Rexworthy Ridgehill Rimpton Rodden Rode Rodhuish Runnington

T21 places

Tadwick Tarnock Taunton Tellisford Templecombe Tetton Thorent Thorne Thorne [St Margaret]Thorney Thornfalcon Thurlbear Tickenham Timberscombe Timsbury Tintinhull Tolland Torweston Treborough Tuxwell Twerton

U4 places

Ubley Uphill Upper Cheddon Upton [Noble]

V1 place

[Lower and Higher] Vexford

Y4 places

Yarlington Yatton Yeovil Yeovilton

Z1 place

[Middle] zoy and [Weston]zoy[land]

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In-depth research

Aubrey has published full historical research reports for 2 notable settlements in this county — read the full historical research report for Croscombe, Somerset and Cadbury Castle, Somerset.

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