Sutcombe

Other current and historical names

Sutecome
Sutecoma
Sutcombemill

Parish/Community: Sutcombe
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'44"N 4°21'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 234626, 111467
OS Grid: SS346114
Mapcode Local: GBR KB.SWVQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 16SS.69X

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

Sutcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Sutcombe, par. and vil., Devon, 5 miles N. of Holsworthy, 3593 ac., pop. 407.

Sutcombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Black Torrington 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: Edric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 4 slaves; 6 Cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 12 pigs

British Place Names

Sutcombe, Devon

Sutcombe is a village in Devon

Sutcombe in historic gazetteers

Sutcombe in the Domesday Book