Fremington

Other current and historical names

Framintone
Framintona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'20"N 4°7'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 251162, 132476
OS Grid: SS511324
Mapcode Local: GBR KN.DLMH
Mapcode Global: FRA 2679.4FC

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

Fremington in historic gazetteers

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

Fremington, par. and small port with ry. sta., N. Devon, on Taw estuary, 3 miles W. of Barnstaple, C810 ac., pop. 1235; P.O.; has salmon fisheries; contains Fremington House.

Fremington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1070; £22 in 1086
- Households: 40 villagers; 30 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 slave; 13 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 27 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle

British Place Names

Fremington, Devon

Fremington is a village in Devon

Fremington in historic gazetteers

Fremington in the Domesday Book