Chulmleigh

Other current and historical names

Chalmonleuga
Calmonleuge

Built-Up Area: Chulmleigh
Parish/Community: Chulmleigh
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'45"N 3°52'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 268701, 114238
OS Grid: SS687142
Mapcode Local: GBR KZ.QZL8
Mapcode Global: FRA 26SP.GJC

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

Chulmleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer of Rillaton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1070; £13 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 20 smallholders; 20 slaves; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 60 cattle; 10 goats

British Place Names

Chulmleigh, Devon

Chulmleigh is a village in Devon

Chulmleigh in the Domesday Book