Yarcombe

Other current and historical names

Herticome
Erticoma

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'9"N 3°4'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 324555, 108293
OS Grid: ST245082
Mapcode Local: GBR M2.TH5B
Mapcode Global: FRA 46GS.SJK

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

Yarcombe in historic gazetteers

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

Yarcombe, par. and vil., Devon, 7 miles NE. of Honiton and 5 W. of Chard, 4689 ac., pop. 690; P.O.

Yarcombe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 other household
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 11 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 1 cob

British Place Names

Yarcombe, Devon

Yarcombe is a village in Devon

Yarcombe in historic gazetteers

Yarcombe in the Domesday Book