Shebbear

Other current and historical names

Shepesbear
Sepesberie
Sepesberia

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'44"N 4°13'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 244097, 109345
OS Grid: SS440093
Mapcode Local: GBR KJ.TTX7
Mapcode Global: FRA 261T.K1Q

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

Shebbear in historic gazetteers

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

Shebbear, par. and vil., Devon, 8 miles NE. of Holsworthy, 5827 ac., pop. 913; p.p.

Shebbear in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1086
- Households: 36 villagers; 14 smallholders; 20 slaves; 6 other households
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 23 men's ploughs (37 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 90 cattle; 30 pigs; 50 goats

British Place Names

Shebbear, Devon

Shebbear is a village in Devon

Shebbear in historic gazetteers

Shebbear in the Domesday Book