Cheldon

Other current and historical names

Cheledone
Chaeledona
Chadeledona
Cadel

Parish/Community: Chulmleigh
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'25"N 3°48'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 273500, 113500
OS Grid: SS735135
Mapcode Local: GBR L2.R50X
Mapcode Global: FRA 26XP.Z2J

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

Cheldon in historic gazetteers

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

Cheldon, par., N. Devon, on river Dart, 3 miles SE. of Chumleigh, 1108 ac., pop. 70.

Cheldon in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Matilda; Brictmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansger of Montacute
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger of Montacute
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 7 acres
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 6 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres

British Place Names

Cheldon, Devon

Cheldon is a settlement in Devon

Cheldon in historic gazetteers

Cheldon in the Domesday Book