Lewtrenchard

Other current and historical names

Lew Trenchard
Lewe
Leuya
Cross Roads

Parish/Community: Lewtrenchard
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°39'14"N 4°11'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 245649, 86091
OS Grid: SX456860
Mapcode Local: GBR NT.84X6
Mapcode Global: FRA 273B.ZBR

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

Lewtrenchard in historic gazetteers

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

Lewtrenchard, par., Devon, on Lew rivulet, 8½ miles NW. of Tavistock, 2818 ac., pop. 309.

Lewtrenchard in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Meulles (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle

British Place Names

Lewtrenchard, Devon

Lewtrenchard is a hamlet in Devon

Lewtrenchard in historic gazetteers

Lewtrenchard in the Domesday Book