Welcombe

Other current and historical names

Wellcombe
Walcome
Walcoma

Parish/Community: Welcombe
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'15"N 4°31'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 222918, 118387
OS Grid: SS229183
Mapcode Local: GBR K3.P8B2
Mapcode Global: FRA 16FM.L6N

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

Welcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Welcombe.-- par. and vil., Devon, 4½ miles S. of Hartland and 16 miles SW. of Bideford, 1751 ac., pop. 209.

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

Wellcombe, Devon. See WELCOMBE.

Welcombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Asgot of Welcombe
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfrun (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 20 acres
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 25 pigs

British Place Names

Welcombe, Devon

Welcombe is a hamlet in Devon

Welcombe in historic gazetteers

Welcombe in the Domesday Book