Silverton

Other current and historical names

Sulfretona

Built-Up Area: Silverton
Parish/Community: Silverton
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'1"N 3°29'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 295599, 102989
OS Grid: SS955029
Mapcode Local: GBR LJ.XTK6
Mapcode Global: FRA 36LY.2RD

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

Silverton in historic gazetteers

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

Silverton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon, between rivers Exe and Culm - par., 2714 ac., pop. 1266; vil., 7½ miles NE. of Exeter; P.O.; near the vil. is Silverton Park, seat.

Silverton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1086
- Households: 45 villagers; 31 smallholders; 15 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 33 men's ploughs (41 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 4 acres
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Mills: 3, value £1

British Place Names

Silverton, Devon

Silverton is a village in Devon

Silverton in historic gazetteers

Silverton in the Domesday Book