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Rode is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Roda
Road

Built-Up Area: Rode
Parish/Community: Rode
District/Borough: Mendip
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°17'4"N 2°16'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 380484, 153961
OS Grid: ST804539
Mapcode Local: GBR 0RS.D29
Mapcode Global: VH971.DZV5

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

Rode in historic gazetteers

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

Road, par. and vil., Somerset, on border of co. and on river Frome,4 m. NE. of Frome, 928 ac.,pop. 570; P.O.

Rode in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard the interpreter (subinfeudated); Moses (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated); Roger (subinfeudated); Sheerwold of Gothers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 10/- in 1070; £8 5/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 29 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 33 acres
- Woodland: 33 acres
- Pasture: 25 acres
- Mills: 2, value £1 7/-
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Reinbald of Cirencester
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard the interpreter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard the interpreter
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder