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Place: Barrow [Gurney]

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  • Hundred: Hartcliffe
  • County: Somerset
  • Total population: 25 households (quite large).
  • Total tax assessed: 10 geld units (very large).
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 10 geld units.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1086 £10. Value to lord c. 1070 £10.
  • Households: 15 villagers. 7 smallholders. 3 slaves.
  • Ploughland: 14 ploughlands (land for). 2 lord's plough teams. 12 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: 5.0 lord's lands. Meadow 35 acres. Pasture 30 acres. Woodland 1 league * 1 furlong mixed measures. 1 mill, value 0.25.
  • Livestock in 1086: 2 cobs. 27 cattle. 14 pigs. 152 sheep. 50 goats.
  • Lord in 1066: Edric.
  • Lord in 1086: Nigel of Gournay.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances.
  • Phillimore reference: 5,32

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