Walkhampton

Other current and historical names

Wachetone
Wachetona

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°30'29"N 4°4'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 253321, 69655
OS Grid: SX533696
Mapcode Local: GBR NZ.KBFZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 27CQ.873

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

Walkhampton in historic gazetteers

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

Walkhampton, par. and vil., Devon - par., 10,540 ac., pop. 574; vil., 5 miles SE. of Tavistock; P.O.

Walkhampton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £100 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle

British Place Names

Walkhampton, Devon

Walkhampton is a village in Devon

Walkhampton in historic gazetteers

Walkhampton in the Domesday Book