Waldron | Ulveronetone / tona / Ulvererona: William holds Waldron from Roger [de Courseulles]. Alfwy held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 hide and 1 furlong. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough and hide, with 1 slave; 3 villagers and 3 smallholders with 1 plough and hide and 1 furlong. Meadow, 11 acres; pasture, 7 acres; woodland, 13 acres. 26 sheep, 3 pigs. Value was and is 22s.
1 hide in Perry has been added to this manor. Alfward held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 hide. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; hide. 2 villagers and 3 smallholders with 1 plough and hide. Meadow, 10 acres; pasture, 7 acres; woodland, 13 acres. 3 pigs, 26 sheep. The value was and is 20s. |
Lost.
Walpole
| Wallepille / pilla: Rademar from Walter de Douai. |
Area near the River Parrett.
Walton (near Glastonbury)
| Waltone / tona: Glastonbury Church. 10 cattle. |
Thatched 15th century rectory. Novelist Henry Fielding was born at nearby Sharpham Park in 1707.
Walton (in Kilmersdon)
| Waltune / tuna: Edmund FitzPayne. |
Farm.
Walton in Gordano
| Waltone / tona: Richard de Barre from Ralph de Mortimer, formerly Gunni the Dane. |
On the outskirts of Clevedon; ruins of 17th century Waldon Castle.
Wanstrow
| Wandestreu: Bishop of Wells and the Canons of St. Andrew's from him before and after 1066. |
Warleigh
| Herlei / Heorleia: Hugolin the Interpreter. 100 sheep. |
Regency and late Gothic Warleigh Manor.
Watchet
| Wacet: Dodman from William de Mohun. Mill. |
Small port, a paper-making centre since the 17th century. Coleridge's 'ancient mariner' set sail from here.
Weacombe
| Waicome / Waiecoma: Geoffrey and William from Roger de Courseulles. |
Below Weacombe Hill.
Weare
| Werre / Werra: Walter de Douai. 2 mills. 18 cattle. |
Also Lower Weare village; near the River Axe.
Wearne
| Warne / Warna: Robert d'Auberville. |
Wellington
| Walintone / tona / Wellintona: Bishop of Wells and John the Usher from him. 2 mills. 17 cattle. |
Town, a centre of the wool industry. The Duke of Wellington took his title from here and his monument is on the nearby Black Down hills.
Wellisford
| Wilesford / Welesforda: Robert d'Auberville. 18 cattle. |
17th century Wellisford Manor.
Wells
| Welle / Wella: Bishop of Wells before and after 1066, and Canons of St. Andrew's, Fastrad, Richard, Erneis, Ralph, Alfward, Croc and Edric from him; Manasseh's wife. 9 mills. 22 cattle, 150 sheep. |
Cathedral city, the county's largest urban centre in the 14th century. The cathedral dates from the 12th century; moated Bishop's Palace; 14th century Vicar's Close.
Wembdon
| Wadmendune / duna: Ludo from Walter de Douai. 18 cattle, 20 pigs. |
On the outskirts of Bridgwater.
Wemberham
| Waimore / Weimorham: Bishop of Wells. Pasture. |
Cottage and lane.
West Bower
Lost.
Westbury sub Mendip
| Westberie / beria: Bishop of Wells before and after 1066. 10 cattle, 200 sheep. |
West Camel
| Camelle / ella: Muchelney Church and Dodman from the church. Mill. |
On the River Camel; fragment of a Saxon cross in the church.
Westcombe
| Westcumbe / Westecomba: Azelin from Glastonbury Church, formerly Alfhild, the abbot's mother. 2 mills. |
Westcombe House.
West Cranmore
| Crenemelle / mella: Harding, the pre-Conquest holder, from Glastonbury Church. Mill. |
On the former East Somerset railway line.
West Harptree
| Har / Herpetreu: Azelin from Bishop of Coutances. Mill. |
Jacobean manor house beside the church.
West Lydford
| Lideford: Aelfric from the king, formerly Brictric, his father. Mill. 20 cattle, 25 pigs. |
Remote, on the River Brue.
West Monkton
| Monechetone / Morchetona: Glastonbury Church and Bishop of Winchester, Roger de Courseulles and Serlo de Burcy from the church. |
Almshouse, once a leper hospital, rebuilt by the Abbot of Glastonbury (1510-1515).
Weston (near Bath)
| Westone / tona: Bath Church; Arnulf de Hesdin. 2 mills. 7 cobs, 450 sheep. |
Part of Bath.
Weston Bampfylde
| Westone / tona: Alfred from Count of Mortain; Richard and Alwin from Thurstan FitzRolf. Mill. 3 cobs. |
Church; Norman font.
Weston in Gordano
| Westone / tona: Azelin and William from Bishop of Coutances. 167 sheep. |
Church with 15th century tombs of the Percevals, originally a Norman family.
Westowe
| Waistou / Westou: King's land; William from Roger de Courseulles. |
West Quantoxhead
| Cantocheve: William de Mohun. 200 sheep. |
Farm.
Whatley (near Frome)
| Watelei / leia: Walter Hussey and John the Usher from Glastonbury Church. Mill. |
Also Lower Whatley hamlet.
Whatley (in Winsham)
| Watelege / lega: William d'Eu. |
Wheathill
| Watehelle / hella: Serlo de Burcy and Geoffrey from him. |
Whitcomb
| Witecumbe / cumba: King's land. |
Whitelackington
| Wilagetone / Wyslagentona: Roger Arundel. Mill. |
Dillington House, home of the 19th century explorer, John Hanning Speke.
White Ox Mead
| Witochesmede / meda: Robert Gernon from Roger de Courseulles. Ass. |
Whitestaunton
| Stantune / tuna: Ansger le Breton from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
Ruins of a Roman villa beside a 15th century manor house.
Wigborough
| Wincheberie / Winchinberia: John the Usher. |
Manor house.
Willett
| Willet: Dodman from William de Mohun. Mill. |
Willett House.
Williton
| Welletone / tune / Willetone / Wile / Willetona: King's land. Assessed with Cannington, etc. |
Birthplace of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Thomas à Becket's murderers.
Wilmersham
| Winemeresham: Drogo from Bishop of Coutances. |
On Exmoor.
Wilmington
| Wimedone / Wimmadona: Walter Hussey from Bath Church. 300 sheep. |
Wincanton
| Wincaletone / Wincalletonna: Rainward from Walter de Douai. Mill. |
Small town with 18th century houses built by clothmakers; racecourse.
Winford
| Wenfre / fro / frod: Bishop of Coutances and Roger Whiting, Fulcran and Colswein from him. Mill. |
Winscombe
| Winesome / coma / cuma: Glastonbury Church and Roger de Courseulles, Ralph Crooked Hands and Pipe from the church; Bishop of Coutances. Mill. 8 cows. |
Commuter, for Bristol; Sidcot School, at nearby Shipham, founded by 17th century Quakers.
Winsford
| Winesford / forda: King's land. Mill. |
Thatched inn; pack-horse bridge.
Winsham
| Winesham: Osmund from Bishop of Wells. 2 mills. 13 cattle, 270 sheep. |
Winterhead
| Wintreth / tret: Herlwin from Bishop of Coutances. 8 cows. |
Below Winterhead Hill.
Witham Friary
| Witeham: William from Roger de Courseulles. |
Ruins of England's first Carthusian monastery, founded by Henry II in penance for Becket's murder, near Witham Farm Hall. The church, c.1200, was restored in the 19th century.
Withiel (in Cannington)
| Widiete / ieta: William from Roger de Courseulles. Mill. |
Farm.
Withycombe
| Widicumbe / comba: Edmer from Bishop of Coutances. |
Attractive.
Withypool
| Widepolle / polla: Robert d'Auberville. |
On Exmoor; prehistoric Stone Circle on Withypool Hill.
Wiveliscombe
| Wivelescome / coma: Bishop of Wells before and after 1066, and 3 men-at-arms from him. Mill. |
14th century archway leading to Palace Green, all that remains of a medieval house belonging to Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Woodborough
| Udeberge / berga: Osbern Giffard. 150 sheep. |
Farm.
Woodspring
| Worsprinc / princa: William de Falaise (given to him by Serlo de Burcy when he married Serlo's daughter). |
Woodspring Priory, founded c.1200 by the grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers; recently restored.
Woodwick
Lost.
Woolavington
| Hunlavintone / tona: Alfred d'Epaignes from Glastonbury Church. 11 cattle, 13 horses, 33 pigs, 151 sheep. |
Woolavington Level.
Woolley
| Wilege / Wlega / Wllega: Bishop of Coutances. 2 mills. |
One of only 14 villages in Britain to be 'doubly thankful'; that is, to have seen the safe return of all its inhabitants who fought in both world wars.
Woolmersdon
| Ulmerestone / tona: Walter from Alfred d'Epaignes. |
Woolston (in Bicknoller)
| Ulvretune / Ulfertuna: William de Mohun. |
On Doniford Stream.
Woolston (in South Cadbury)
| Ufetone / tona / tuna: Drogo from Count of Mortain; Leofgeat from Thurstan FitzRolf. Mill. |
Manor farm.
Woolston (in Stogursey)
| Ulwordestone: Robert from Roger de Courseulles. |
Farm.
Wootton Courtenay
| Otone / Ottona: William de Falaise. Mill. 13 cattle, 150 sheep. |
Worle
| Worle / Worla: Walter de Douai. 24 cattle. |
Part of Weston-super-Mare.
Worth
Lost.
Wraxall
| Werocasale / Worocosala / Worochesela: Bishop of Coutances and a man-at-arms from him. 2 mills. 24 cattle, 170 sheep. |
Tyntesfield, a Victorian Gothic house, nearby.
Wrington
| Weritone / tona: Glastonbury Church and Roger de Courseulles and Saewulf, the pre-Conquest holder, from the church. 3 mills. 46 cattle, 30 pigs, 278 sheep. |
Birthplace of the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704).
Writhlington
| Writelinctone / tuna: Brictward from the king. |
