Sidbury

Other current and historical names

Sideberie
Sideberia

Built-Up Area: Sidbury
Parish/Community: Sidmouth
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'3"N 3°13'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 313730, 91611
OS Grid: SY137916
Mapcode Local: GBR P8.VC52
Mapcode Global: FRA 4745.VD2

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

Sidbury in historic gazetteers

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

Sidbury.-- par. and vil., Devon - par., 6827 ac., pop. 1291; vil., on river Sid, 3 miles N. of Sidmouth; P.O.; in vicinity is an ancient camp, called Sidbury Castle.

Sidbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 32 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 25 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 300 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 3 pigs; 14 goats

British Place Names

Sidbury, Devon

Sidbury is a village in Devon

Sidbury in historic gazetteers

Sidbury in the Domesday Book