DULVERTON
DOMESDAY BOOK
DULVERTON. Earl Harold held it before 1066; it paid tax for 21/2 hides. Land for 11 Ploughs, of which1 hide is in lordship; 2 ploughs there; 6 slaves; 17 villagers and 6 smallholders with 31/2 ploughs & 1 1/2 hides .Meadow, 3 acres; pasture, 1 league long and 1/2 league wide; woodland, as much. 6 cattle; 30 sheep. It pays £11 10s of white silver. To this manor have been added 2 hides of land, less 1/2 furlong. Thirteen thanes held them before 1066. Land for 10 ploughs. 8 villagers with 41/2 ploughs. Meadow, 3 acres; pasture 1/2 league long and 4 furlongs wide; woodland 1 league long and 1/2 league wide. Value 64s 2d. From this manor has been taken away a customary due of Brushford, the Count of Mortain’s manor, that is 24 sheep a year, which were paid before 1066. Mauger keeps it back through the Count.
THE NAME OF THE PARISH
The name Dulverton: is said to mean farm by the hidden ford.
ADMINISTRATION
AN ANCIENT PARISH
CIVIL BOUNDARY CHANGE 1884, 1966.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: DULVERTON POOR LAW UNION,
RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT, RURAL DISTRICT AND WEST SOMERSET DISTRICT COUNCIL
PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION: TAUNTON DIVISION (1918)
RURAL DEANERIES: DUNSTER UNTIL 1951,
WIVELISCOMBE 1951- 1973, EXMOOR 1973- *
ECCLESIASTICAL BOUNDARY CHANGE 1959
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
The date of origin of the church building is in doubt, but the 14th century is a suggested period. Having decayed over many years the church was largely rebuilt during the 1800s and the new church was consecrated in 1855. Further restoration work was carried out in 1994 and 2002. The tower houses a ring of 8 bells and a 3 hundred year old clock.
Dulverton and Brushford
Local Dulverton Civil Parish Administration
Contact –
Contact Details can be found at West Somerset Council.