Boyton

Other current and historical names

Boieton
Boietonai

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°41'55"N 4°23'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 231500, 91500
OS Grid: SX315915
Mapcode Local: GBR NK.56X3
Mapcode Global: FRA 17P7.BLF

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

Boyton in historic gazetteers

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

Boyton.-- par. and township, E. Cornwall and S. Devon, on river Tamar, 5 miles NW. of Launceston -- par., 4954 ac., pop. 463; township, 4154 ac., pop. 383; P.O.

Boyton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth of Tolgullow
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hamelin of Cornwall (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 5 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle

British Place Names

Boyton, Cornwall

Boyton is a village in Cornwall

Boyton in historic gazetteers

Boyton in the Domesday Book