Pyworthy

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Pyworthy is a village in Devon

Other current and historical names

Paorde
Paorda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'5"N 4°23'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 231296, 102959
OS Grid: SS312029
Mapcode Local: GBR K8.YY1K
Mapcode Global: FRA 16PZ.7DJ

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

Pyworthy in historic gazetteers

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

Pyworthy, par. and vil., Devon - par., 5061 ac., pop. 501; the vil. is 2 miles W. of Holsworthy.

Pyworthy in the Domesday Book

A village in Black Torrington hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Iudhael of Totnes
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Iudhael of Totnes
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 5 smallholders; 8 slaves; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 league
- Woodland: 4 mixed measures
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 35 cattle

British Place Names

Pyworthy, Devon

Pyworthy is a village in Devon

Pyworthy in historic gazetteers

Pyworthy in the Domesday Book