Bolberry

Other current and historical names

Boltbury
Boteberie
Boltesberie
Boltesberia
Botestesberia

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°14'20"N 3°50'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 268936, 39300
OS Grid: SX689393
Mapcode Local: GBR QC.VHGP
Mapcode Global: FRA 28VD.G3D

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

Bolberry in historic gazetteers

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

Boltbury, hamlet, Malborough par., S. Devon, on coast, 4½ miles SW. of Kingsbridge.

Bolberry in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edeva; Edmer Ator
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Vautortes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 14/- in 1070; 14 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Animals in 1086: 1 pig
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wado of Ashbrittle
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Turolf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/- in 1070; 7/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Bolberry, Devon

Bolberry is a hamlet in Devon

Bolberry in historic gazetteers

Bolberry in the Domesday Book