Southleigh

Other current and historical names

South Leigh
Leigh
Lege
Lega
Leigh South

Parish/Community: Southleigh
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°44'8"N 3°7'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 320670, 93509
OS Grid: SY206935
Mapcode Local: GBR PC.Q1MB
Mapcode Global: FRA 47B4.J4N

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

Southleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Leigh, South.-- par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles SW. of Colyton, 2579 ac., pop. 222; P.O.

Southleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the goat
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Beatrix sister of Ralph of Pomeroy and William the goat (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 200 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 18 goats

British Place Names

Southleigh, Devon

Southleigh is a village in Devon

Southleigh in historic gazetteers

Southleigh in the Domesday Book