Wembworthy

Other current and historical names

Mameorde
Mameorda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'19"N 3°54'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 266103, 109778
OS Grid: SS661097
Mapcode Local: GBR KY.T8QZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 26QS.LRZ

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

Wembworthy in historic gazetteers

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

Wembworthy, par. and vil., Devon - par., 2411 ac., pop. 433; vil., 4 miles SW. of Chulmleigh; P.O.

Wembworthy in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Neville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 16 pigs; 30 goats

British Place Names

Wembworthy, Devon

Wembworthy is a village in Devon

Wembworthy in historic gazetteers

Wembworthy in the Domesday Book