Cornworthy

Other current and historical names

Corneorde
Crneorda
Corda

Parish/Community: Cornworthy
District/Borough: South Hams
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°23'19"N 3°39'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 282664, 55620
OS Grid: SX826556
Mapcode Local: GBR QP.2X15
Mapcode Global: FRA 3870.P2P

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

Cornworthy in historic gazetteers

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

Cornworthy, par., S. Devon, on river Dart, 4 miles SE. of Totnes ry. sta., 2721 ac. (240 water), pop. 418.

Cornworthy in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Iudhael of Totnes
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Iudhael of Totnes
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 15 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Woodland: 100 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 11 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Cornworthy, Devon

Cornworthy is a village in Devon

Cornworthy in historic gazetteers

Cornworthy in the Domesday Book