Burston

Other current and historical names

Bricstoch

Parish/Community: Zeal Monachorum
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'27"N 3°49'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 271500, 102500
OS Grid: SS715025
Mapcode Local: GBR L1.YJSC
Mapcode Global: FRA 26WY.TW5

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

Burston in the Domesday Book

A village in North Tawton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osfrith of Okehampton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle

British Place Names

Burston, Devon

Burston is a village in Devon

Burston in the Domesday Book