Dartington

Other current and historical names

Dertingon
Derintona
Detrintone
Detona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°26'59"N 3°41'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 279500, 62500
OS Grid: SX795625
Mapcode Local: GBR QL.L3HY
Mapcode Global: FRA 374V.WD3

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

Dartington in historic gazetteers

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

Dartington, par., S. Devon, on river Dart, 2 miles NW. of Totnes, 3248 ac., pop. 632; contains D. House.

Dartington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Falaise
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil (subinfeudated); William of Falaise
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 15/- in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 7 smallholders; 10 slaves; 2 fishermen; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 1 pig; 1 cob

British Place Names

Dartington, Devon

Dartington is a settlement in Devon

Dartington in historic gazetteers

Dartington in the Domesday Book