Denbury

Other current and historical names

Deveneberie
Devenaberia

Built-Up Area: Denbury
Parish/Community: Denbury and Torbryan
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°30'27"N 3°39'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 282215, 68856
OS Grid: SX822688
Mapcode Local: GBR QN.VDRC
Mapcode Global: FRA 376Q.C0V

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

Denbury in historic gazetteers

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

Denbury, par. and vil., E. Devon, 3 miles SW. of Newton Abbot, 1068 ac., pop. 331; P.O.

Denbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Tavistock
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Tavistock
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 25 acres
- Pasture: 15 acres
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 15 goats

British Place Names

Denbury, Devon

Denbury is a village in Devon

Denbury in historic gazetteers

Denbury in the Domesday Book