Whitchurch

Other current and historical names

Wicerce

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°32'30"N 4°7'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 249500, 73500
OS Grid: SX495735
Mapcode Local: GBR NX.H85M
Mapcode Global: FRA 277M.QN4

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

Whitchurch in historic gazetteers

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

Whitchurch, par. and vil., Devon - par., 5979 ac., pop. 1067; vil., 1½ mile SE. of Tavistock; P.O.; has tin and lead mines. Whitchurch Down commands fine prospects.

Whitchurch in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roald Dubbed
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roald Dubbed
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 15 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Whitchurch, Devon

Whitchurch is a hamlet in Devon

Whitchurch in historic gazetteers

Whitchurch in the Domesday Book