Horwood

Other current and historical names

Horewood
Horewod
Horewda

Parish/Community: Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'42"N 4°8'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 250261, 127646
OS Grid: SS502276
Mapcode Local: GBR KM.HHVX
Mapcode Global: FRA 267D.D70

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

Horwood in historic gazetteers

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

Horwood, par., N. Devon, 3 miles NE. of Bideford, 860 ac., pop. 112.

Horwood in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward son of Toki
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 acre
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 7 pigs

British Place Names

Horwood, Devon

Horwood is a village in Devon

Horwood in historic gazetteers

Horwood in the Domesday Book