Monkleigh

Other current and historical names

Lege
Lega

Parish/Community: Monkleigh
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'56"N 4°12'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 245538, 120766
OS Grid: SS455207
Mapcode Local: GBR KJ.MKJX
Mapcode Global: FRA 262K.K4H

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

Monkleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Monkleigh, par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles NW. of Torrington, 2177 ac., pop. 540; belonged to Montacute mouastery.

Monkleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 4 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle

British Place Names

Monkleigh, Devon

Monkleigh is a village in Devon

Monkleigh in historic gazetteers

Monkleigh in the Domesday Book