Chawleigh

Other current and historical names

Chawley
Caleia
Caveleia
Calvelie

Built-Up Area: Chawleigh
Parish/Community: Chawleigh
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'42"N 3°49'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 271294, 112233
OS Grid: SS712122
Mapcode Local: GBR L1.RWQQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 26VQ.YZJ

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

Chawleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Chawleigh, par. and vil., N. Devon, on river Dart, 2 miles SE. of Chumleigh, 5020 ac., pop. 671; P.O.

Chawleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward of Hemington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 6 smallholders; 12 slaves; 3 other households
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 10 pigs

British Place Names

Chawleigh, Devon

Chawleigh is a village in Devon

Chawleigh in historic gazetteers

Chawleigh in the Domesday Book