Dittisham

Other current and historical names

Didasham
Didasam

Built-Up Area: Dittisham
Parish/Community: Dittisham
District/Borough: South Hams
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°22'54"N 3°36'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 286311, 54756
OS Grid: SX863547
Mapcode Local: GBR QR.HJLV
Mapcode Global: FRA 38B1.C4J

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

Dittisham in historic gazetteers

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

Dittisham, par. and vil., S. Devon, on river Dart, 3 miles NW. of Dartmouth ry. sta., 3438 ac. (340 water), pop. 600; P.O.

Dittisham in the Domesday Book

A village in Chillington 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: Baldwin the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 40 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Dittisham, Devon

Dittisham is a village in Devon

Dittisham in historic gazetteers

Dittisham in the Domesday Book