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Place: Abbotskerswell

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  • Hundred: Kerswell
  • County: Devon
  • Total population: 21 households (quite large).
  • Total tax assessed: 1.5 geld units (quite small).
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 1.5 geld units.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1086 £2.
  • Households: 10 villagers. 9 smallholders. 2 slaves.
  • Ploughland: 8 ploughlands (land for). 2 lord's plough teams. 4 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: 0.5 lord's lands. Meadow 12 acres. Pasture 5 furlongs * 30 acres mixed measures. Woodland 12 * 12 furlongs.
  • Livestock in 1086: 1 cobs. 6 cattle. 100 sheep. 30 goats.
  • Lord in 1066: Horton St Wolfrida, abbey of.
  • Lord in 1086: Horton St Wolfrida, abbey of.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Horton St Wolfrida, abbey of.
  • Phillimore reference: 7,2

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