Loxbeare

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Loxbeare is a hamlet in Devon

Other current and historical names

Loxbear
Lochesbere
Lochesbera

Parish/Community: Loxbeare
District/Borough: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'59"N 3°33'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 291092, 116002
OS Grid: SS910160
Mapcode Local: GBR LF.PG53
Mapcode Global: FRA 36GM.SDL

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

Loxbeare in historic gazetteers

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

Loxbear, par., Devon, 4 miles NW. of Tiverton, 761 ac., pop. 122.

Loxbeare in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres

British Place Names

Loxbeare, Devon

Loxbeare is a hamlet in Devon

Loxbeare in historic gazetteers

Loxbeare in the Domesday Book