Umberleigh

Other current and historical names

Umberleia
Umberlie

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'44"N 3°59'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 260818, 123696
OS Grid: SS608236
Mapcode Local: GBR KV.KDCY
Mapcode Global: FRA 26JH.5D8

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

Umberleigh in the Domesday Book

A village in North Tawton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Caen La Trinité
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Caen La Trinité
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 2 smallholders; 6 slaves; 3 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 16 cattle

British Place Names

Umberleigh, Devon

Umberleigh is a village in Devon

Umberleigh in the Domesday Book