Culmstock

Other current and historical names

Columstock
Clumestoche
Clumestocha
Hillmoor

Parish/Community: Culmstock
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'50"N 3°16'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 310500, 113500
OS Grid: ST105135
Mapcode Local: GBR LT.QL8H
Mapcode Global: FRA 461P.D4R

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

Culmstock in historic gazetteers

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

Culmstock, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Devon, on r. Culm, 7 m. NE. of Cullompton, 3494 ac., pop. 863; p. o.

Culmstock in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Exeter St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 8 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 7 furlongs
- Pasture: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Culmstock, Devon

Culmstock is a settlement in Devon

Culmstock in historic gazetteers

Culmstock in the Domesday Book