Stowell

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Stowell is a hamlet in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Stanwelle
Estanwella

Parish/Community: Charlton Horethorne
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'53"N 2°27'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 368102, 122195
OS Grid: ST681221
Mapcode Local: GBR MX.KHKM
Mapcode Global: FRA 56RG.T6T

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

Stowell in historic gazetteers

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

Stowell, par., Somerset, 4½ miles SW. of Win can ton, 902 ac., pop. 110.

Stowell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thormund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ascelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Pasture: 5 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Stowell, Somerset

Stowell is a hamlet in Somerset

Stowell in historic gazetteers

Stowell in the Domesday Book