Yarnscombe

Other current and historical names

Hernescome
Herlescome

Parish/Community: Yarnscombe
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°59'41"N 4°3'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 256038, 123725
OS Grid: SS560237
Mapcode Local: GBR KR.KM3H
Mapcode Global: FRA 26DH.2X1

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

Yarnscombe in historic gazetteers

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

Yarnscombe, par. and vil., Devon, 3 miles W. of Umberleigh sta. and 5 miles NE. of Torrington, 3047 ac., pop. 266.

Yarnscombe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 100 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 5 pigs; 10 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Theobald son of Berner
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theobald son of Berner
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres

British Place Names

Yarnscombe, Devon

Yarnscombe is a village in Devon

Yarnscombe in historic gazetteers

Yarnscombe in the Domesday Book