Frithelstock

Other current and historical names

Fredelestoch
Fredeletestoc

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'15"N 4°11'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 246500, 119500
OS Grid: SS465195
Mapcode Local: GBR KK.N36G
Mapcode Global: FRA 263L.BPB

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

Frithelstock in historic gazetteers

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

Frithelstock, par., N. Devon, 4½ miles SE. of Bideford, 4382 ac., pop. 559; contains the hamlet of Frithelstock Stone.

Frithelstock in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Ivo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 12 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 10 pigs; 16 goats

British Place Names

Frithelstock, Devon

Frithelstock is a hamlet in Devon

Frithelstock in historic gazetteers

Frithelstock in the Domesday Book