Lufton

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Lufton is a settlement in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Locutona
Lochetone

Parish/Community: Odcombe
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'45"N 2°41'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 351500, 116500
OS Grid: ST515165
Mapcode Local: GBR ML.NPW2
Mapcode Global: FRA 567L.Z0Z

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

Lufton in historic gazetteers

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

Lufton, par., Somerset, 3 miles NW. of Yeovil, 292 ac., pop. 51.

Lufton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 1 cob

British Place Names

Lufton, Somerset

Lufton is a settlement in Somerset

Lufton in historic gazetteers

Lufton in the Domesday Book