Winkleigh

Built-Up Area: Winkleigh
Parish/Community: Winkleigh
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'21"N 3°56'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 263147, 108074
OS Grid: SS631080
Mapcode Local: GBR KW.VJ7P
Mapcode Global: FRA 26MV.2MT

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

Winkleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Winkleigh, hundred, par., and vil., Devon - hundred and par., 9118 ac., pop. 1219; vil., 5½ miles SW. of Chulmleigh; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Winkleigh Court, seat.

Winkleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville (subinfeudated); Norman the parker (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 12/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 60 villagers; 16 slaves; 10 other households
- Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 40 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 80 acres
- Woodland: 500 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 38 cattle; 15 pigs

British Place Names

Winkleigh, Devon

Winkleigh is a village in Devon

Winkleigh in historic gazetteers

Winkleigh in the Domesday Book