Efford

Other current and historical names

Elforde
Higher Efford

Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Parish/Community: Plymouth, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Plymouth
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 50°23'21"N 4°6'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 250279, 56505
OS Grid: SX502565
Mapcode Local: GBR NY.SSWJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 2880.RKS

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

Efford in historic gazetteers

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

Higher Efford, seat on river Plym, S. Devon, 3½ miles E. of Plymouth.

Efford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bastard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bastard
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Efford, Plymouth

Efford is a suburban area in Plymouth, Plymouth

Efford in historic gazetteers

Efford in the Domesday Book