Blisland, Cornwall

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Blisland is a village in Cornwall

Other current and historical names

Glustone

Parish/Community: Blisland
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°31'41"N 4°40'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 209919, 73253
OS Grid: SX099732
Mapcode Local: GBR N4.J2VT
Mapcode Global: FRA 172N.P9M

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

Blisland in historic gazetteers

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

Blisland, par., W. Cornwall, 4 miles NE. of Bodmin, 6338 ac., pop. 556; P.O.

Blisland in the Domesday Book

A village in Stratton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: King William; Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Boia the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £6 10/- in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 20 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 17 men's ploughs (36 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 3 leagues
- Animals in 1086: 3 cows

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Blisland, Cornwall

Blisland is a village in Cornwall

Blisland in historic gazetteers

Blisland in the Domesday Book