Riddlecombe

Other current and historical names

Ridelcome
Ridelcoma

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'30"N 3°58'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 260915, 113972
OS Grid: SS609139
Mapcode Local: GBR KV.R1N5
Mapcode Global: FRA 26KP.TP9

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

Riddlecombe in the Domesday Book

A village in North Tawton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 140 acres
- Pasture: 150 acres
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 18 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Riddlecombe, Devon

Riddlecombe is a village in Devon

Riddlecombe in the Domesday Book