Drewsteignton

Other current and historical names

Taintone
Taintona

Parish/Community: Drewsteignton
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°42'12"N 3°47'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 273711, 90838
OS Grid: SX737908
Mapcode Local: GBR QF.944M
Mapcode Global: FRA 27Y6.WZT

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

Drewsteignton in historic gazetteers

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

Drewsteignton, par. and vil., S. Devon, 4 miles NW. of Moretonhampstead ry. sta., 6937 ac., pop. 805; P.O.; 2 miles W. of vil. is Drewsteignton Cromlech, the only erect cromlech in Devon.

Drewsteignton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osfrith of Okehampton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 31 goats

British Place Names

Drewsteignton, Devon

Drewsteignton is a village in Devon

Drewsteignton in historic gazetteers

Drewsteignton in the Domesday Book