Sowton, Devon

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Sowton is a village in Devon

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'27"N 3°27'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 297695, 92635
OS Grid: SX976926
Mapcode Local: GBR P3.0X71
Mapcode Global: FRA 37N5.9H2

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

Sowton in historic gazetteers

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

Sowton, par., Devon, 3 miles E. of Exeter, 1094 ac., pop. 408.

Sowton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 4 pigs; 2 cobs

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British Place Names

Sowton, Devon

Sowton is a village in Devon

Sowton in historic gazetteers

Sowton in the Domesday Book