Woodleigh

Other current and historical names

Odelie

Parish/Community: Woodleigh
District/Borough: South Hams
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°19'30"N 3°46'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 273723, 48743
OS Grid: SX737487
Mapcode Local: GBR QH.81VD
Mapcode Global: FRA 28Z5.P0F

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

Woodleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Woodleigh, par., Devon, 3 miles N. of Kingsbridge and 7½ S. of Kingsbridge Road sta., 2319 ac., pop. 198.

Woodleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Pike
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Aumale
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Aumale
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 8 smallholders; 7 slaves; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 110 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 16 pigs; 10 goats

British Place Names

Woodleigh, Devon

Woodleigh is a hamlet in Devon

Woodleigh in historic gazetteers

Woodleigh in the Domesday Book