Dowland

Other current and historical names

Duvelande
Duvelanda

Parish/Community: Dowland
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'28"N 4°2'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 256873, 110324
OS Grid: SS568103
Mapcode Local: GBR KR.TCGC
Mapcode Global: FRA 26FS.HLF

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

Dowland in historic gazetteers

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

Dowland, par., N. Devon, 5½ miles NE. of Hatherleigh, 1735 ac., pop. 159.

Dowland in the Domesday Book

A village in North Tawton hundred, in the county of Devon.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward Mart
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Claville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Claville
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Pasture: 4 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 23 cattle; 15 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Claville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Claville
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12/4¾ in 1070; 12/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Dowland, Devon

Dowland is a hamlet in Devon

Dowland in historic gazetteers

Dowland in the Domesday Book