Gittisham

Other current and historical names

Gidesham
Gidesam

Parish/Community: Gittisham
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°46'44"N 3°13'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 313389, 98425
OS Grid: SY133984
Mapcode Local: GBR P8.Q9DG
Mapcode Global: FRA 4731.5HP

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

Gittisham in historic gazetteers

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

Gittisham, par. and vil., E. Devon, 2 miles SW. of Honiton, 2067 ac., pop. 444; P.O.

Gittisham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kenias
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 1 smallholder; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
- Pasture: 9 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 4 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Gittisham, Devon

Gittisham is a village in Devon

Gittisham in historic gazetteers

Gittisham in the Domesday Book