Petrockstowe

Other current and historical names

Petrochestou
North Town
Town, North

Built-Up Area: Petrockstowe
Parish/Community: Petrockstow
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'53"N 4°6'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 251269, 109394
OS Grid: SS512093
Mapcode Local: GBR KN.TWYY
Mapcode Global: FRA 268T.8QL

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

Petrockstowe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Buckfast St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Buckfast
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Buckfast
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle

British Place Names

Petrockstowe, Devon

Petrockstowe is a village in Devon

Petrockstowe in the Domesday Book