Payhembury

Other current and historical names

Peyhembury
Pehembury
Hemberia
Ham-
Henberie
Han-
Hain-

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'25"N 3°17'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 308691, 101648
OS Grid: ST086016
Mapcode Local: GBR LS.YDGQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 36ZY.WSV

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

Payhembury in historic gazetteers

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

Payhembury (or Pehembury), par. and vil., Devon - par., 2698 ac., pop. 427; vil., 5 miles NW. of Honiton; P.O.

Payhembury in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 4 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo son of Edric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo son of Edric
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Payhembury, Devon

Payhembury is a village in Devon

Payhembury in historic gazetteers

Payhembury in the Domesday Book