Babcary | Babacha / Babakari / Babecari / Babbacari: Robert FitzIvo from Count of Mortain; Humphrey the Chamberlain. |
Babington
| Babingtone / Babbig / Babbingtona: Azelin from Bishop of Coutances. Mill. 200 sheep. |
18th century Babington House and church.
Backwell
| Bacoile / Bacoila: Fulcran and Nigel from Bishop of Coutances. Mill. |
Manor house; Backwell Quarries.
Badgworth
| Bagewerre / werra: Fulcwin from Walter de Douai. |
Manor house.
Bagborough
| Bageberge / berga / Bagaberga / Baweberga / Bagueberga: William de Mohun; Ralph from Ralph Pagnell. |
Now the village of West Bagborough and hamlet of East Bagborough; church in the grounds of Bagborough House.
Bagley (in Stoke Pero)
Deserted site.
Baltonsborough
| Baltunesberge / berga: Glastonbury Church. Mill. |
Birthplace of St. Dunstan (924-88).
Banwell
| Banwelle / Banuela: Bishop of Wells and Serlo de Burcy, Ralph Crooked Hands, Roghard, Fastrad, Bofa and Alfry from him, formerly Earl Harold. 3 mills. |
19th century 'cottage orne' and park, 'The Caves'. Remains of prehistoric mammals were found in Bone Caves on nearby Banwell Hill.
Barrington
| Barintone / tona: Roger de Courseulles. |
Thatched cottages; 16th century manor house.
Barrow (near Castle Cary)
| Berrowene: Bretel from Count of Mortain; Ralph from Walter de Douai. |
Now 2 villages, North and South Barrow.
Barrow Gurney
| Berue / Berua: Nigel de Gournai-en-Brai from Bishop of Wells. Mill. |
Named after its Domesday holder; 16th century manor house.
Barton St. David
| Bertone / tuna / tona: Norman from Roger de Courseulles; Edmund FitzPayne from the king. 2 mills. |
Overlooking Glastonbury Tor.
Batcombe
| Batecumba / comba: Roger de Courseulles and Azelin from Glastonbury Church, formerly Alfhild, the Abbot's mother. Mill. 150 sheep. |
The 'raging Batcombeites', Puritans who fought in the Civil War, are commemorated in Bruton parish register.
Bath
| Bada / Bade: Before 1066 it paid tax for 20 hides when the shire paid tax. The King has 64 burgesses who pay £4; 90 burgesses of other men pay 60s there. The King has 6 derelict houses. This Borough, with the said BATHEASTON, pays £60 at face value and 1 gold mark. Besides this, the mint pays 100s. Edward the Sheriff pays £11 of the third penny of this Borough. From this Borough 1 house has been taken away. Hugh the Interpreter holds it; value 2s. Of the third penny (of) ILCHESTER William of Mohun pays £6 at 20 (pence) to the ora; of MILBORNE (Port) 20s; of BRUTON 20s; of LANGPORT 10s; of AXBRIDGE 10s; of FROME 5s. |
City, originally called Aquae Sulis by the Romans, after its mineral springs. The See of Wells was transferred here in 1088; fine 18th century architecture.
Bathampton
| Hantone / Hamtona: Hugh the Interpreter and Colgrim, an Englishman from Bath Church. |
Close to Bath. The quarries on Bathampton Downs provided stone for many houses in Bath.
Bathealton
| Badeheltone / tona: Nigel from William de Mohun. 50 goats. |
Partly 17th century farm.
Batheaston
| Estone / tona: King's land; Walter Hussey from Bath Church; Hugolin the Interpreter. 2 mills. 150 sheep. |
Suburb of Bath.
Bathford
| Forde / Forda: Bath Church. Mill. |
On the outskirts of Bath, by the River Avon.
Bathwick
| Wiche / Wica: Bishop of Wells. Mill. 250 sheep. |
Part of Bath.
Bawdrip
| Bagetrepe / Bagatrepa: Rainward from Walter de Douai. Mill. 20 pigs. |
Ruins of a 19th century 'castle'.
Beckington
| Bechintone / tona: Roger [Bushell] holds BECHINTONE himself. Aethelfrith held it before 1066; it paid tax for 10 hides. Land for 10 ploughs. In lordship 2 ploughs; 5 hides and 3 virgates. 9 villagers and 7 smallholders have 6 ploughs and 4 hides and 1 virgate. A mill which pays 20s; meadow, 12 acres; pasture, 8 acres; woodland, 100 acres. 24 pigs; 100 sheep; 50 goats. Value when he acquired it, £10; now £6. |
16th century houses; Birthplace of Thomas Beckington (1390-1465), Bishop of Bath and Wells and secretary to Henry IV.
Beercrocombe
| Bere / Bera: Reginald de Vautortes from Count of Mortain. |
Beere
| Bera: Leofa, the pre-Conquest holder. Mill. |
Manor farm.
Belluton
| Beletone / Belgetone / tona: Alfred from Count Eustace. Mill. |
Adjoining Pensford on the River Chew.
Berkley
| Berchelei / lec: Robert from Roger Arundel. Mill. |
17th century manor house; Georgian house.
Bickenhall
| Bichehalle / halda: William de Lestre from Count of Mortain. |
Farm.
Bickham
| Bichecome / comma: Richard from William de Mohun. |
On the River Avill.
Bishop's Lydeard
| Lediart / Liediart / Lidegar: William de Mohun. Mill. |
Bishopsworth
| Bicheurde / Bischeurda / Biscopewrde / wrda: Herlwin and Azelin from Bishop of Coutances. |
Church with a Poussin painting of the Madonna.
Blackford (near Wincanton)
| Blacheford / Blachafort: Alwaker from Glastonbury Church; Alfward from Thurstan FitzRolf. |
Thatched cottages; medieval dovecote.
Blackmore
| Blachemore / Blachamora: Ansketel from Roger de Courseulles. |
Farm.
Blagdon
| Blachedone / dona: Serlo de Burcy. 2 mills. |
Near Blagdon Lake Reservoir.
Blaxhold
Lost.
Bleadon
| Bledone / dona: Bishop of Winchester. 250 sheep. |
Near beautiful Bleadon Hill.
Bossington
| Bosintone / tuna / tona: Ralph de Limesy. |
Coastal; Bossington Hill.
Bradford (on Tone)
| Bradeforde / forda: Alfred the Butler from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
On the River Tone; 2 originally 14th century bridges.
Bradney
| Bradenie / neia: Rainward from Walter de Douai. |
Bradon
| Brede / Bredde / Bredene / Brade: Mauger and Drogo from Count of Mortain; Harding from the king. |
Now North Bradon; South Bradon farm.
Bratton (in Minehead)
| Bratone / tona: Roger from William de Mohun. 12 cattle, 60 goats. |
On the outskirts of Minehead.
Bratton Seymour
| Broctune / tuna: Gerard from Walter de Douai. |
Bratton Hill.
Brean
Holiday resort. Brean Sands were noted for shipwrecks.
Brewham
| Briweham: William de Mohun. 2 mills. 300 sheep, 22 wild mares. |
Now 2 villages, North and South Brewham; Brewham House.
Bridgwater
| Brugie: Walter de Douai. Mill. |
Industrial town, port in the Middle Ages.
Broadway
| Bradewei: Mauger from Count of Mortain. |
Called after the road leading to the medieval forest of Neroche.
Broadwood
| Bradewrde / euda: William de Mohun. |
Farm.
Brockley
| Brochelie / leia: Aldred, the pre-Conquest holder. |
Brockley Court manor house, with a farm. A nature trail leads through Brockley Combe.
Broford
| Broford / Brofort: William from Roger de Courseulles. |
Farm.
Brompton Ralph
| Burnetone / tuna / tona: Thorgils from William de Mohun. Mill. |
On the edge of the Brendon Hills; Elworthy Barrows, an Iron Age hill-fort.
Brompton Regis
| Brunetone / tona: Count of Mortain from the king and Hugh de Vautortes from him, formerly Countess Gytha. 2 mills. |
King's Brompton Forest nearby.
Broomfield
| Brunfelle / fella: William de Mohun. 155 sheep. |
Fyne Court is part of Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation.
Brown
| Brune: Durand from William de Mohun. 190 sheep, 44 goats. |
Court Farms on the Domesday site.
Brushford
| Brigeford / fort / Bricefort / Brucheford: Mauger from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
17th century hospital.
Bruton
| Brauetone / Briuetona / Briutona / Briweton / tone / tona / Brumetone: King's land, formerly King Edward. 6 mills. |
Small town on the River Brue.
Brympton
| Brunetone / tona: Herbert from Roger de Courseulles. |
Mainly 16th century, Brympton House, with a church and a dower house.
Buckland Dinham
| Bochelande / land / landa: Dunn, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. Mill. |
Buckland St. Mary
| Bochelande / land / landa: Brictric, Wulfward and Harding from the king. |
In the Black Down Hills.
Burnett
| Bernet: Wife of Wulfward from the king. |
Manor house; gabled farm.
Burnham on Sea
| Burneham: Walter de Douai. |
Holiday resort. The church contains the remains of an altarpiece carved by Grinling Gibbons for Whitehall Palace.
Butcombe
| Budicombe / comba: Fulcran from Bishop of Coutances. Mill. |
Farm near Blagdon Lake.
Butleigh
| Bodechelie / Bodecaleia / Boduchelei / Boduccheleia: Roger de Courseulles from Glastonbury Church; Count of Mortain; formerly Winegot the Priest. |
Butleigh Court; monument on nearby Windmill Hill to Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (1724-1816).
