Beaford

Other current and historical names

Baverdone
Baverdona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'57"N 4°3'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 255262, 114959
OS Grid: SS552149
Mapcode Local: GBR KQ.QR5M
Mapcode Global: FRA 26CP.CY4

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

Beaford in historic gazetteers

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

Beaford, par., N. Devon, 4 miles SE. of Torrington, 3203 ac., pop. 590; P.O.

Beaford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 50 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 28 goats

British Place Names

Beaford, Devon

Beaford is a village in Devon

Beaford in historic gazetteers

Beaford in the Domesday Book