Swimbridge

Other current and historical names

Swymbridge
Birige

Parish/Community: Swimbridge
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'54"N 3°57'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 262500, 129500
OS Grid: SS625295
Mapcode Local: GBR KV.GCVL
Mapcode Global: FRA 26LB.V76

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

Swimbridge in historic gazetteers

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

Swimbridge (or Swymbridge), par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon - par., 7280 ac., pop. 1218; vil., 4½ miles SE. of Barnstaple; P.O.

Swimbridge in the Domesday Book

A village in South Molton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictfrith uncle of Saewin the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Saewin the priest of the Queen
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Saewin the priest of the Queen
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle

British Place Names

Swimbridge, Devon

Swimbridge is a settlement in Devon

Swimbridge in historic gazetteers

Swimbridge in the Domesday Book