Throwleigh

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Throwleigh is a village in Devon

Other current and historical names

Trule
Trula

Parish/Community: Throwleigh
District/Borough: West Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°42'4"N 3°53'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 266806, 90774
OS Grid: SX668907
Mapcode Local: GBR Q8.J35C
Mapcode Global: FRA 27R7.1BP

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

Throwleigh in historic gazetteers

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

Throwleigh, par. and vil., Devon, 6½ miles SE. of Okehampton, 1943 ac., pop. 317; P.O.

Throwleigh in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle

British Place Names

Throwleigh, Devon

Throwleigh is a village in Devon

Throwleigh in historic gazetteers

Throwleigh in the Domesday Book