Whimple

Other current and historical names

Winple
Winpla

Built-Up Area: Whimple
Parish/Community: Whimple
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'58"N 3°21'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 304406, 97183
OS Grid: SY044971
Mapcode Local: GBR P5.850K
Mapcode Global: FRA 37V2.408

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

Whimple in historic gazetteers

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

Whimple, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon - par., 3019 ac., pop. 665; vil., 3f miles W. of Sidmouth Junction and 8½ miles NE. of Exeter; P.O.

Whimple in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Uhtred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the goat
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 19 acres
- Woodland: 9 acres
- Pasture: 40 acres

British Place Names

Whimple, Devon

Whimple is a village in Devon

Whimple in historic gazetteers

Whimple in the Domesday Book