Bittadon

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Bittadon is a hamlet in Devon

Other current and historical names

Bededone
Bedona
Beedona

Parish/Community: Bittadon
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'5"N 4°4'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 254488, 141195
OS Grid: SS544411
Mapcode Local: GBR KP.7RQS
Mapcode Global: VH4MK.6BD3

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

Bittadon in historic gazetteers

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

Bittadon, par., N. Devon, 5½ miles NW. of Barnstaple, 1018 ac., pop 51.

Bittadon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 1 acre
- Pasture: 60 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 3 pigs; 48 goats

British Place Names

Bittadon, Devon

Bittadon is a hamlet in Devon

Bittadon in historic gazetteers

Bittadon in the Domesday Book