Meshaw

Other current and historical names

Mauessart

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'45"N 3°46'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 275822, 119628
OS Grid: SS758196
Mapcode Local: GBR L4.MLTM
Mapcode Global: FRA 26ZK.R6W

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

Meshaw in historic gazetteers

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

Meshaw, par. and vil., Devon, 5 miles SE. of South Molton, 1751 ac., pop. 162.

Meshaw in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 9 smallholders; 5 slaves; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 6 pigs; 19 goats

British Place Names

Meshaw, Devon

Meshaw is a village in Devon

Meshaw in historic gazetteers

Meshaw in the Domesday Book