Rackenford

Other current and historical names

Rachenefode
Rachenefoda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'8"N 3°38'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 285010, 118269
OS Grid: SS850182
Mapcode Local: GBR L9.NB2S
Mapcode Global: FRA 368L.GB5

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

Rackenford in historic gazetteers

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

Rackenford, par. and vil., Devon, 8 miles NW. of Tiverton, 3938 ac., pop. 362.

Rackenford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward of Hemington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 2 pigs; 25 goats

British Place Names

Rackenford, Devon

Rackenford is a village in Devon

Rackenford in historic gazetteers

Rackenford in the Domesday Book