Cloford

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Cloford is a hamlet in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Claford
Claforda
Cladforda
Cloford Common

Parish/Community: Wanstrow
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°11'44"N 2°23'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 372259, 144120
OS Grid: ST722441
Mapcode Local: GBR 0SL.SKX
Mapcode Global: VH97K.C6XS

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

Cloford in historic gazetteers

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

Cloford, par., E. Somerset, 4 miles SW. of Frome, 2243 ac., pop. 197.

Cloford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 17 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 160 acres
- Pasture: 300 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 50 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Cloford, Somerset

Cloford is a hamlet in Somerset

Cloford in historic gazetteers

Cloford in the Domesday Book