Trusham

Other current and historical names

Trisma

Parish/Community: Trusham
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°37'38"N 3°37'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 285435, 82117
OS Grid: SX854821
Mapcode Local: GBR QP.SZ6W
Mapcode Global: FRA 379D.WLY

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

Trusham in historic gazetteers

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

Trusham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon, 7¾ miles N. of Newton Abbot, 749 ac., pop. 174.

Trusham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Buckfast St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Buckfast
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Buckfast
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 9 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 16 acres
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 9 pigs; 22 goats

British Place Names

Trusham, Devon

Trusham is a village in Devon

Trusham in historic gazetteers

Trusham in the Domesday Book