Ashwater

Other current and historical names

Aisse
Aissa

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°44'3"N 4°17'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 238562, 95258
OS Grid: SX385952
Mapcode Local: GBR NP.323M
Mapcode Global: FRA 17X4.DW6

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

Ashwater in historic gazetteers

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

Ashwater, par. and vil., S.Devon, 2m.from Lifton ry. sta. and 6 m. SE. of Holsworthy, 8587 ac., pop. 849; P.O.

Ashwater in the Domesday Book

A village in Black Torrington hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 10/- in 1070; £7 10/- in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 12 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 17 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 15 acres
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Animals in 1086: 42 cattle; 3 pigs; 30 goats

British Place Names

Ashwater, Devon

Ashwater is a village in Devon

Ashwater in historic gazetteers

Ashwater in the Domesday Book