Butterleigh

Other current and historical names

Buterleia
Buterlei

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'50"N 3°27'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 297456, 108187
OS Grid: SS974081
Mapcode Local: GBR LK.TTXY
Mapcode Global: FRA 36NT.6G5

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

Butterleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Butterleigh, par., N. Devon, on river Exe, 2½ miles SE. of Tiverton, 479 ac., pop. 120.

Butterleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin of Butterleigh
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edwin of Butterleigh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edwin of Butterleigh
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 pigs; 1 animals

British Place Names

Butterleigh, Devon

Butterleigh is a village in Devon

Butterleigh in historic gazetteers

Butterleigh in the Domesday Book