Shobrooke, Devon

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Shobrooke is a village in Devon

Parish/Community: Shobrooke
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'1"N 3°36'51"W
Eastings/Northings: 286329, 101345
OS Grid: SS863013
Mapcode Local: GBR LB.YXVG
Mapcode Global: FRA 369Z.CPS

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

Shobrooke in historic gazetteers

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

Shobrooke, par. and vil., Devon - par., 3835 ac., pop. 641; vil., 2 miles NE. of Crediton; P.O.; near the vil. is Shobrooke Park, seat.

Shobrooke in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwulf of Tehidy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 8 pigs

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Shobrooke, Devon

Shobrooke is a village in Devon

Shobrooke in historic gazetteers

Shobrooke in the Domesday Book