Alverdiscott

Other current and historical names

Alveredescote
Alveredescota
Alscott
Stony Cross

Parish/Community: Alverdiscott
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'23"N 4°6'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 251890, 125131
OS Grid: SS518251
Mapcode Local: GBR KN.JXP8
Mapcode Global: FRA 268G.9NV

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

Alverdiscott in historic gazetteers

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

Alverdiscott, par., N. Devon, 5 miles E. of Bideford, 2273 ac., pop. 272.

Alverdiscott in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy; Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erchenbald the Fleming (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Pasture: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 4 pigs; 12 goats

British Place Names

Alverdiscott, Devon

Alverdiscott is a hamlet in Devon

Alverdiscott in historic gazetteers

Alverdiscott in the Domesday Book