How many places are in the Domesday Book for Devon?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 959 settlements in Devon. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Devon in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Devon appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Devon Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 959 Devon settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Devon

Devon

959 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Devon has 959 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

London

143.28 pounds in 1086

York

111.65 pounds in 1086

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B131 places

Baccamoor [East, North and West] Backstone Badgworthy Bagton Bagtor Bampton [Great and Middle] Barlington Barnstaple Batson [North and South] Battisborough Battisford Battishill Battleford Beaford Beara [Charter]Beare Beaworthy Beenleigh Beer Beer [East, Great and Little] Beere Beetor Belstone Benton Bere [Ferrers]Bernardsmoor Berry [Pomeroy]Berrynarbor Bickford Bickham [Abbots] Bickington [High] Bickington Bickleigh Bickleigh Bickleton Bicton Bideford Bigbury Bishopsteignton Bittadon Blachford Blackawton Blackborough [Higher, Lower and Middle] Blackpool Blackslade Blagrove Blakewell Blaxton Boasley Boehill Bolberry Bolham Bolham [Water]Bondleigh Boode Borough [Little] Bovey [North] Bovey Bovey [Tracey]Bowcombe Bowley Bradaford Bradford Bradford Bradford and Bradford [Tracy][Great and West] Bradley Bradninch Bradstone Bradwell Bradworthy Bramford [Speke]Branscombe Bratton [Clovelly]Bratton [Fleming]Braunton Bray [High] Bray Brayley Bremridge Brendon [South] Brent Brexworthy Bridestowe Bridford Bridgerule Bridwick Brightston Brimblecombe Brixham Brixton Brixton Brixton Broadaford Broadclyst Broadhembury Broadhempston Broadley Broadnymett Broadwood [Kelly]Broadwoodwidger Bruckland Brushford Buckfast Buckland Buckland Buckland Buckland Buckland [Brewer][East] Buckland Buckland [Filleigh]Buckland [-in-the-Moor]Buckland [Monachorum][North] Buckland Buckland [Tout Saints][West] Buckland Bucks [Cross][East] Budleigh Budshead Bulkworthy Bulworthy Burlescombe Burn Burntown Burrington Burrington Burston Bury Buscombe Butterford Butterleigh Bywood

C102 places

Cadbury Cadeleigh Calverleigh Canonsleigh Canonteign Chaffcombe Chagford Challacombe Challonsleigh Charford Charles [East and West] Charleton Charlton Chawleigh Cheldon Cheriton [Higher and Lower] Cheriton Cheriton [Bishop]Cheriton [Fitzpaine]Chettiscombe Chevithorne Chichacott Chillington Chillington Chillington Chilsworthy Chilton Chitterley Chittleburn Chittlehampton Chivelstone Chulmleigh Churchill Churston [Ferrers]Clannaborough Clawton Clayhanger Clayhidon Clifford Clovelly Clyst [Gerred]Clyst [Hydon]Clyst [St George]Clyst [St Lawrence]Clyst [St Mary][West] Clyst Clyst [William]Cockington Coddiford Coffinswell Colaton [Raleigh]Coldridge Coldstone Colebrook Coleton Collacombe Collaton [Shiphay] Collaton Colscott Columbjohn Colwell Colyton Combe Combe [Fishacre]Combe [Martin]Combe [Royal]Combe [Sackville]Combe Raleigh Combebowe Combeinteignhead Combpyne Compton [Gifford]Coombe Coombe Coombe [North and South] Coombe Coombe Cornwood Cornworthy Coryton Cotleigh Countisbury Cowick Creacombe Creacombe Crealy Crediton [Lower] Creedy Crockernwell Crooke [Burnell]Croyde Culleigh Cullompton Culm [Davy][Monk] Culm Culm [Pyne]Culm [Vale]Culmstock Culsworthy Curscombe Curtisknowle Curworthy

E16 places

Eastleigh Ebsworthy Edginswell Efford [Higher and Lower] Eggbeer Eggbuckland Elfordleigh Elsford [Great and Keys] Englebourne Ermington Essebeare Eveleigh Exbourne Exeter Exminster Exwick

F20 places

Fardel Farleigh Farringdon Farway Farwood Fenacre Feniton Fernhill Fernworthy Filleigh Flete Follaton Ford Ford Fremington Frithelstock Frizenham [Great] Fulford Fursham Furze

I16 places

Iddesleigh Ide Ideford Ilfracombe [East and West] Ilkerton Ilsham Ilsington Ilton Ingleigh [Green] and [Lower] Ingleigh Ingsdon Instaple Instow Inwardleigh Ipplepen Irishcombe Ivedon

O15 places

[Higher and Lower] Oak Oakford Offwell [East and West] Ogwell Okehampton Okenbury Oldridge [Great and Little] Orcheton Orway Ossaborough Otterton Ottery [Mohuns] Ottery Ottery [St Mary]Owlacombe

S87 places

Salcombe [Regis]Sampford [Courtenay]Sampford [Peverell]Sampford [Spiney]Satterleigh Saunton Scobitor Seaton Sedborough Sellake Shapcombe Shapley Shapley Shaugh [Prior]Shebbear Sheldon [East and West] Sherford Sherford Shilston Shilstone Shirwell Shobrooke Shobrooke Sidbury Sidmouth Sigford Silverton Skerraton Slapton Smallicombe Smallridge Smytham Snydles Soar Sorley Sourton Southleigh Southweek Sowton Sparkwell Speccott Spitchwick Spreacombe and [Higher] Spreacombe Spreyton Spriddlescombe and [Higher] Spriddlescombe Spriddlestone Sprytown [East] Spurway [West] Spurway St James Church St Marychurch Stadbury Staddiscombe Staddon Stafford Stallenge [Thorne]Stancombe Staplehill Staverton Stedcombe Stockleigh Stockleigh Stockleigh Stockleigh [English]Stockleigh [Pomeroy]Stoke Stoke Stoke Stoke [Canon]Stoke [Fleming]Stoke [Rivers]Stokeinteignhead Stonehouse Stoodleigh Stoodleigh Stowford Stowford Stowford Strete [Ralegh]Sutcombe Sutton Sutton Sutton Swimbridge Sydeham Sydenham Sydenham [Damerel]

U9 places

Uffculme Ugborough Umberleigh Undercleave Up Exe Uplowman Uplyme Upottery Uppacott

V5 places

Varley Varleys Venn Villavin Virworthy

W88 places

Wadham Walford Walkhampton Wallover Walson Warcombe and [Higher] Warcombe Warmhill Warne Warson Washbourne Washfield [Little] Washfield Washford [Pyne]Waspley Way Weare [Giffard]Webbery Wedfield Week Welcombe Wembworthy Werrington Westleigh Westleigh Weston Weston [Peverell]Weycroft Whiddon Whimple Whipton Whitchurch Whitefield Whitefield Whitefield Whitestone Whiteway Whitford Whitleigh Whitley Whitnage [West] Whitnole Whitstone [Cookbury] Wick Widefield Widey Widworthy Willand Willestrew Willsworthy Wilmington Wilson Winkleigh Winscott Winsham Winston Winswell Witheridge Withycombe [Raleigh]Wolborough Wolfin Wollaton Womberford Wonford Wonford and [South] Wonford Woodbeare Woodburn Woodbury Woodcombe Woodford Woodhuish Woodleigh Woolacombe Woolfardisworthy Woolfardisworthy Woolladon Woolleigh Woolleigh Woolston Worlington [East and West] Worlington Worth [East and West] Worthele Worthy [Higher and Lower] Worthygate Wray Wringworthy Wyke Wyke [Green]

Y9 places

Yarcombe Yard Yard Yard Yarnscombe Yeadbury Yealmpton York Yowlestone

Z1 place

Zeal Monachorum

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