Northleigh

Other current and historical names

North Leigh
Leigh
Lege
Lega
Leigh North

Parish/Community: Northleigh
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'29"N 3°8'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 319580, 96013
OS Grid: SY195960
Mapcode Local: GBR PC.2PB6
Mapcode Global: FRA 4792.PY3

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

Northleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Leigh, North.-- par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles SE. of Honiton, 994 ac., pop. 246.

Northleigh in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward of Clyst (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 10 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sumarlithi of Northleigh
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nicholas the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nicholas the bowman
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Pasture: 20 acres

British Place Names

Northleigh, Devon

Northleigh is a village in Devon

Northleigh in historic gazetteers

Northleigh in the Domesday Book