Spreyton

Other current and historical names

Spreitone
Spreighton
Espreitona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'19"N 3°50'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 270094, 96713
OS Grid: SX700967
Mapcode Local: GBR QB.SNJ9
Mapcode Global: FRA 27V2.SRX

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

Spreyton in historic gazetteers

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

Spreyton (or Spreighton), par. and vil., Devon - par., 3606 ac., pop. 383; vil., 7 miles E. of Okehampton; P.O.

Spreyton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osfrith of Okehampton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 10 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 35 goats

British Place Names

Spreyton, Devon

Spreyton is a village in Devon

Spreyton in historic gazetteers

Spreyton in the Domesday Book