Abbotskerswell

Other current and historical names

Abbots Kerswell
Abbots Carswell
Kerswell
Carsuelle
Carsuella
Carsullella
Kerswell Abbots

Built-Up Area: Abbotskerswell
Parish/Community: Abbotskerswell
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°30'27"N 3°36'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 285694, 68785
OS Grid: SX856687
Mapcode Local: GBR QR.7FB5
Mapcode Global: FRA 37BQ.642

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

Abbotskerswell in historic gazetteers

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

Abbots Kerswell, par., E. Devon, 2 miles S. of Newton Abbot, 1461 ac., pop. 435; P.O.

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

Kerswell, Abbots, Devon. See ABBOTS KERSWELL.

Abbotskerswell in the Domesday Book

A village in Kerswell hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Horton St Wolfrida
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Horton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Horton
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 12 furlongs
- Pasture: 5 mixed measures
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 30 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Abbotskerswell, Devon

Abbotskerswell is a village in Devon

Abbotskerswell in historic gazetteers

Abbotskerswell in the Domesday Book