Sourton

Other current and historical names

Surintone
Surintona
Forda

Parish/Community: Sourton
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°41'38"N 4°4'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 253513, 90329
OS Grid: SX535903
Mapcode Local: GBR NZ.5P17
Mapcode Global: FRA 27C7.L40

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

Sourton in historic gazetteers

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

Sourton, par., Devon, 5 miles SW. of Okehampton, 5018 ac., pop. 514.

Sourton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Engelbald's wife (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 7 slaves; 7 Cottagers; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 9 pigs; 50 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Sourton, Devon

Sourton is a village in Devon

Sourton in historic gazetteers

Sourton in the Domesday Book