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Place: Knowle

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  • Hundred: Hartcliffe
  • County: Somerset
  • Total population: 11 households (quite small).
  • Total tax assessed: 2 geld units (quite small).
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 2 geld units.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1086 £2. Value to lord c. 1070 £1.5.
  • Households: 5 villagers. 6 smallholders.
  • Ploughland: 3 ploughlands (land for). 1 lord's plough teams. 2 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: 1.0 lord's lands. Meadow 16 acres. Pasture 20 acres. Woodland 2.5 * 1.5 furlongs.
  • Livestock in 1086: 1 cobs. 8 cattle. 25 pigs.
  • Lord in 1066: Ednoth the constable.
  • Lord in 1086: Osbern Giffard.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Osbern Giffard.
  • Phillimore reference: 39,1

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