Chardstock

Other current and historical names

Cerdestoche
Farway Marsh

Built-Up Area: Chardstock
Parish/Community: Chardstock
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'1"N 2°58'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 330962, 104257
OS Grid: ST309042
Mapcode Local: GBR M6.WVSM
Mapcode Global: FRA 46NW.L6G

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

Chardstock in historic gazetteers

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

Chardstock, par. and vil., W. Dorset, on river Kitbridge, 4 miles SW. of Chard, 5800 ac., pop. 1328; P.O.

Chardstock in the Domesday Book

A village in Whitchurch [Canonicorum] hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated); Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1086
- Households: 45 villagers; 21 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 17 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures
- Pasture: 3 leagues
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Chardstock, Devon

Chardstock is a village in Devon

Chardstock in historic gazetteers

Chardstock in the Domesday Book