Washfield

Other current and historical names

Wasfelle
Wasfelte
Wasfella

Parish/Community: Washfield
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'39"N 3°30'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 293649, 115334
OS Grid: SS936153
Mapcode Local: GBR LG.PZBV
Mapcode Global: FRA 36JN.GKK

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

Washfield in historic gazetteers

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

Washfield, par. and vil., Devon - par., 3319 ac., pop. 397; vil., 2½ miles NW. of Tiverton; P.O.

Washfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 15 acres
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 3 pigs; 7 goats

British Place Names

Washfield, Devon

Washfield is a hamlet in Devon

Washfield in historic gazetteers

Washfield in the Domesday Book