Germansweek

Other current and historical names

Wiche
Wica
Wyca
Week St Germans

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'35"N 4°13'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 243469, 94231
OS Grid: SX434942
Mapcode Local: GBR NS.3G34
Mapcode Global: FRA 2715.4AU

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

Germansweek in historic gazetteers

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

Germansweek, par., S. Devon, 10 miles SW. of Okehampton, 2594 ac., pop. 266.

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

Week St Germans, Devon. See GERMANSWEEK.

Germansweek in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 3 pigs; 2 oxen

British Place Names

Germansweek, Devon

Germansweek is a village in Devon

Germansweek in historic gazetteers

Germansweek in the Domesday Book