Batson

Other current and historical names

Salcombe
The Beggars Opera

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°14'30"N 3°46'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 273500, 39500
OS Grid: SX735395
Mapcode Local: GBR QH.F7VT
Mapcode Global: FRA 28ZD.312

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

Batson in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Vautortes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 15/- in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 6 goats

British Place Names

Batson, Devon

Batson is a settlement in Devon

Batson in the Domesday Book