Brendon

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Brendon is a hamlet in Devon

Other current and historical names

Tippacott
Millslade

Parish/Community: Brendon and Countisbury
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°13'14"N 3°45'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 276961, 148306
OS Grid: SS769483
Mapcode Local: GBR L4.38H6
Mapcode Global: VH5JS.QLD2

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

Brendon in historic gazetteers

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

Brendon, par., N. Devon, near the coast, 17 miles NE. of Barnstaple, 6733 ac., pop. 245; P.O.; contains the picturesque valley of Brendon.

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

Millslade (or Brendon), vil., in NE. of Devon, 4 miles SE. of Lynmouth.

Brendon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward son of Toki; Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Pomeroy
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Pasture: 2 leagues
- Animals in 1086: 25 cattle; 8 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob; 104 unbroken mares

British Place Names

Brendon, Devon

Brendon is a hamlet in Devon

Brendon in historic gazetteers

Brendon in the Domesday Book