Whitstone

Other current and historical names

Whitestone
Witestan

Parish/Community: Whitstone
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'34"N 4°27'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 226691, 98425
OS Grid: SX266984
Mapcode Local: GBR NG.1DL2
Mapcode Global: FRA 17K2.DV9

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

Whitstone in historic gazetteers

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

Whitstone.-- par. and vil., Cornwall, in N. of co.- par., 3787 ac., pop. 410; vil., 7 miles SW. of Holsworthy; P.O., called Whitestone.

Whitstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Stratton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 8 pigs; 40 goats

British Place Names

Whitstone, Cornwall

Whitstone is a village in Cornwall

Whitstone in historic gazetteers

Whitstone in the Domesday Book