Exbourne

Other current and historical names

Echeburne
Etcheborna
Hechesburne

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'57"N 3°59'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 260221, 101843
OS Grid: SS602018
Mapcode Local: GBR KV.YSDP
Mapcode Global: FRA 26JZ.KCB

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

Exbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Exbourne, par. and vil., S. Devon, 4½ miles SE. of Hatherleigh, 2121 ac., pop. 376; P.O.

Exbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Black Torrington hundred, in the county of Devon.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Meulles (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 13 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 3 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the Breton
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 8 acres

British Place Names

Exbourne, Devon

Exbourne is a village in Devon

Exbourne in historic gazetteers

Exbourne in the Domesday Book