Honeychurch

Other current and historical names

Honey Church
Honechercha
Honecherde

Parish/Community: Sampford Courtenay
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'31"N 3°56'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 262837, 102829
OS Grid: SS628028
Mapcode Local: GBR KW.Y9MN
Mapcode Global: FRA 26MY.MPL

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

Honeychurch in historic gazetteers

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

Honeychurch, par., S. Devon, 5½ miles SE. of Hatherleigh, 607 ac., pop. 51.

Honeychurch in the Domesday Book

A village in Black Torrington hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Blaec
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 30 cattle; 8 pigs; 19 goats

British Place Names

Honeychurch, Devon

Honeychurch is a settlement in Devon

Honeychurch in historic gazetteers

Honeychurch in the Domesday Book