Pillaton

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Pillaton is a village in Cornwall

Other current and historical names

Pileton
Polton
Piletone

Parish/Community: Pillaton
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°27'18"N 4°18'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 236560, 64238
OS Grid: SX365642
Mapcode Local: GBR NN.NQCL
Mapcode Global: FRA 17WV.F4R

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

Pillaton in historic gazetteers

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

Pillaton, par. and vil., Cornwall, on river Lynher, 4½ miles NE. of St Germans, 2478 ac., pop. 338.

Pillaton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rillaton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald of Vautortes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 10 goats

British Place Names

Pillaton, Cornwall

Pillaton is a village in Cornwall

Pillaton in historic gazetteers

Pillaton in the Domesday Book