Foxcote

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Foxcote is a hamlet in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Forscote
Fuscote
Fuscota

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'52"N 2°24'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 371675, 155499
OS Grid: ST716554
Mapcode Local: GBR JZ.YH2R
Mapcode Global: VH96Z.7M0W

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

Foxcote in historic gazetteers

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

Forscote (or Foxcote), par., E. Somerset, 6½ miles SW. of Bath, 580 ac., pop. 61.

Foxcote in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldgyth of Foxcote
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Monceaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 19 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 6 acres
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 29 pigs

British Place Names

Foxcote, Somerset

Foxcote is a hamlet in Somerset

Foxcote in historic gazetteers

Foxcote in the Domesday Book