Blackawton

Other current and historical names

Avetone
Avetona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°20'44"N 3°40'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 280350, 50891
OS Grid: SX803508
Mapcode Local: GBR QM.ZMJ1
Mapcode Global: FRA 3854.3A6

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

Blackawton in historic gazetteers

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

Blackawton, par. and vil., S. Devon, 4 miles W. of Dartmouth, 5646 ac., pop. 1059; P.O.

Blackawton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £14 10/- in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 22 smallholders; 9 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs (24 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Other resources: 1 salthouse
- Animals in 1086: 20 goats

British Place Names

Blackawton, Devon

Blackawton is a village in Devon

Blackawton in historic gazetteers

Blackawton in the Domesday Book