Whitford

Other current and historical names

Witeford
Witefort

Parish/Community: Shute
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'24"N 3°3'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 325856, 95762
OS Grid: SY258957
Mapcode Local: GBR PF.DPDY
Mapcode Global: FRA 47H2.W1D

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

Whitford in historic gazetteers

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

Whitford, hamlet, Shute par., Devon, 3 miles SW. of Axminster; P.O.

Whitford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 13 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 12 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 27 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Whitford, Devon

Whitford is a village in Devon

Whitford in historic gazetteers

Whitford in the Domesday Book