Wolborough

Other current and historical names

Woolborough
Ulveberie
Olveberia
Wolborough With Newton Abbot

Parish/Community: Newton Abbot
District/Borough: Teignbridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°31'22"N 3°36'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 285500, 70500
OS Grid: SX855705
Mapcode Local: GBR QR.6DHT
Mapcode Global: FRA 379P.4TZ

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

Wolborough in historic gazetteers

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

Wolborough with Newton Abbot, par. and local government dist., Devon (containing the greater part of Newton Abbot town), 1231 ac., pop. 7662.

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

Woolborough. See WOLBOROUGH.

Wolborough in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward of Hemington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Bruyère (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle

British Place Names

Wolborough, Devon

Wolborough is a settlement in Devon

Wolborough in historic gazetteers

Wolborough in the Domesday Book