Belstone

Other current and historical names

Belestham
Bellestam

Parish/Community: Belstone
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'35"N 3°57'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 262091, 93688
OS Grid: SX620936
Mapcode Local: GBR Q4.WPR1
Mapcode Global: FRA 27L5.4XD

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

Belstone in historic gazetteers

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

Belstone, par., S. Devon, 2 miles SE. of Okehampton, 1500 ac., pop. 156.

Belstone in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osfrith of Okehampton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 10 goats

British Place Names

Belstone, Devon

Belstone is a village in Devon

Belstone in historic gazetteers

Belstone in the Domesday Book