Bridgerule

Other current and historical names

Brige

Parish/Community: Bridgerule
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'56"N 4°27'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 227113, 102795
OS Grid: SS271027
Mapcode Local: GBR K6.YTL0
Mapcode Global: FRA 16KZ.GBF

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

Bridgerule in historic gazetteers

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

Bridgerule, par., S. Devon, on river Tamar, 5 miles SE. of Holsworthy, 3219 ac., pop. 391; P.O.; consists of the townships B. East (pop. 158) and B. West (pop. 233).

Bridgerule in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Frawin of Cornwall
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roald Dubbed
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roald Dubbed
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 8 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 furlongs
- Pasture: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 6 pigs

British Place Names

Bridgerule, Devon

Bridgerule is a village in Devon

Bridgerule in historic gazetteers

Bridgerule in the Domesday Book