Beer, Seaton , Devon :: The British Place Names Website

Built-Up Area: Seaton
Parish/Community: Beer
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°41'55"N 3°5'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 322916, 89366
OS Grid: SY229893
Mapcode Local: GBR PD.CJH9
Mapcode Global: FRA 47D7.BX7

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

Beer in historic gazetteers

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

Beer.-- fishing vil., Seaton par., E. Devon, 1½ mile SW. of Seaton and Beer ry. sta.; P.O., T.O.

Beer in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Horton St Wolfrida
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Horton; Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Horton; Drogo of Montacute (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 20 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Other resources: 4 salthouses
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow

British Place Names

Beer, Devon

Beer is a village in Seaton , Devon

Beer in historic gazetteers

Beer in the Domesday Book