Lawhitton

Other current and historical names

Languitetone
La

Parish/Community: Lawhitton Rural
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°37'0"N 4°19'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 235503, 82258
OS Grid: SX355822
Mapcode Local: GBR NM.BJGT
Mapcode Global: FRA 17TF.Q7N

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

Lawhitton in historic gazetteers

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

Lawhitton, par. and vil., Cornwall - par. (partly within the municipal limits of Launceston), 2649 ac., pop. 425; vil., 2½ miles SE. of Launceston; P.O.

Lawhitton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rillaton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Exeter St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Taxable Value: 11 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £17 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 20 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 29 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 1 cob

British Place Names

Lawhitton, Cornwall

Lawhitton is a village in Cornwall

Lawhitton in historic gazetteers

Lawhitton in the Domesday Book