Huish, Devon

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Huish is a hamlet in Devon

Parish/Community: Instow
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'41"N 4°9'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 248500, 129500
OS Grid: SS485295
Mapcode Local: GBR KL.GHB9
Mapcode Global: FRA 265C.25G

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

Huish in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva of Norton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 7 pigs

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