Ashprington

Other current and historical names

Aisbertone
Aisbertona

Parish/Community: Ashprington
District/Borough: South Hams
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°24'5"N 3°39'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 281867, 57064
OS Grid: SX818570
Mapcode Local: GBR QP.20H7
Mapcode Global: FRA 376Z.QJX

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

Ashprington in historic gazetteers

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

Ashprington, par., S. Devon, 2¾ miles SE. of Totnes, 2790 ac. (145 water), pop. 450.

Ashprington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Other resources: 1 salthouse; 2 fisheries
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Ashprington, Devon

Ashprington is a village in Devon

Ashprington in historic gazetteers

Ashprington in the Domesday Book