Doddiscombsleigh

Other current and historical names

Leuge
Leuga

Parish/Community: Doddiscombsleigh
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°40'4"N 3°37'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 285541, 86607
OS Grid: SX855866
Mapcode Local: GBR QP.QCCJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 3799.P49

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

Doddiscombsleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Doddiscombsleigh, par. and vil., E. Devon, near river Teign, 5 m. NW. of Chudleigh, 2391 ac., pop. 256.

Doddiscombsleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi of Castle Cary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godebold the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godebold the bowman
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 virgate
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 6 pigs; 50 goats

British Place Names

Doddiscombsleigh, Devon

Doddiscombsleigh is a village in Devon

Doddiscombsleigh in historic gazetteers

Doddiscombsleigh in the Domesday Book