Hele, Devon

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Hele is a village in Ilfracombe, Devon

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°12'25"N 4°5'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 253415, 147423
OS Grid: SS534474
Mapcode Local: GBR KP.476P
Mapcode Global: VH4M4.WXGF

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

Hele in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 7 pigs; 10 goats

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