Cadbury (near Thorverton) | Cadebirie / Cadabiria: William de Poilley. Cob. |
Cadbury Castle, an Iron Age fort where Roman coins have been found.
Cadeleigh
| Cadelie / lia: William Cheever; William the king's servant. Mill. 130 sheep. |
Caffyns Heanton
| Hantone / tona: Ralph de Pomeroy. 13 cattle, 20 goats. |
Caffyns Heanton Farm near Caffyns Heanton Down.
Calverleigh
| Calodelie / leia: Godric from the king. |
Canonsleigh
| Leige / Leiga: Walter de Claville. |
Canonsleigh Farm with the ruins of a 12th century priory.
Canonteign
| Teigne / Teigna: Geoffrey de Trelly from Bishop of Coutances. Cob. |
Canonteign Barton; Canonteign House.
Chagford
| Cage- / Chageford / Cage- / Kagefort: Bishop of Coutances; Ralph Pagnell. |
Old stannary town for assessing and stamping tin. On the edge of Dartmoor and surrounded by prehistoric hut circles and standing stones.
Challacombe
| Celdecome / comba: Bishop of Coutances. 11 cattle, 19 goats. |
On the edge of Exmoor, with Chapman Barrows, grave mounds with a standing stone.
Challonsleigh
| Lege / Lega: William de Poilley. 110 sheep. |
Chardstock
| Cerdestoche: Sherborne Church. |
Chardstock Court, dating from the 14th century.
Charford
| Chereford(a): Buckfast Church. |
Charford Manor, now a hotel.
Charles
| Carmes: Robert from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
Richard Blackmore wrote much of Lorna Doone here.
Charleton
| Cheletone / tona: Iudhael of Totnes. 2 cobs. |
Now 2 villages, East and West Charleton.
Chawleigh
| Calvelie / leia: Baldwin the Sheriff. 20 cattle, 200 sheep. |
Cheldon
| Cadel / Cheledone / Cha(d)eledona: Walter from Baldwin the Sheriff; Ansger, formerly Mathilda. |
Cheriton (in Brendon)
| Ciretone / tona: Ralph de Pomeroy. 27 cattle. |
Some houses.
Cheriton (in Payhembury)
| Cherletone / tona: Bretel from Count of Mortain. |
Now 2 hamlets, Lower and Higher Cheriton.
Cheriton Bishop
| Ceritone / tona: Godwin from the king. |
Church with a Norman font shaped like a sheaf of corn.
Cheriton Fitzpaine
| Cerintone / tona: Theobald FitzBerner. |
Thatched Tudor and Georgian cottages; 16th century almshouses.
Chettiscombe
| Chetelscome / Chettelescoma: Ansger from Baldwin the Sheriff. Mill. |
Some houses.
Chevithorne
| Chenetorne / Chevetorna / Chiveorne / -orna: Rogo from Baldwin the Sheriff; Beatrix from Ralph de Pomeroy. 15 cattle. |
Elizabethan Chevithorne Barton nearby.
Chichacott
| Cicecote / cota: Roger from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
Some houses.
Chillington
| Cedelintone / tona: King's land. 157 sheep. |
Mill Farm.
Chilsworthy
| Chelesworde / sorda: Colwin from the king. 15 cattle. |
Chilton (in Cheriton Fitzpaine)
| Cilletone / -tona / Cillitone: Odo FitzGamelin. Cob. |
Some houses.
Chitterley
| Chiderlie / Chederlia: Alfred from Count of Mortain. |
On the River Exe.
Chittleburn
| Chichelesberie / beria: William from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Tiny; Chittleburn Wood.
Chittlehampton
| Curem'tone / Citremetona: Godwin from the king. |
Church, named after St. Heiritha, a Celtic martyr.
Chivelstone
| Cheveletone / tona: Ralph from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Chudleigh Knighton
| Chenistetone / tona: Roger from Bishop of Exeter. Cob. |
Chulmleigh
| Calmonleuge / Chalmonleuga: Baldwin the Sheriff. 60 cattle, 400 sheep. |
Small town, mainly Georgian. Colleton Barton nearby has the gatehouse and chapel from the medieval house.
Churchill
| Cercelle / Cercilla: Norman from William de Falaise. 100 sheep. |
Some houses.
Churston Ferrers
| Cerecetone / Cercitona: Iudhael of Totnes. Cob, 120 sheep. |
On the outskirts of Brixham. Churston Court is 17th century with a walled garden.
Clannaborough
| Cloenesberg(a): Ralph de Pomeroy from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
Clannaborough Barton; tiny church.
Clawton
| Clavetone / tona: Iudhael of Totnes. 47 cattle, 200 sheep. |
Church with a Norman font with cable decoration and carved heads.
Clayhanger
| Clehangre / hangra: Robert from William de Mohun. |
Clayhidon
| Hidone / dona: Otelin from Baldwin the Sheriff. Mill. 22 cattle, 27 goats. |
View of the Vale of Taunton; memorial obelisk to the Duke of Wellington.
Clifford
| Cliford(e) / forda / fort: Stephen from Baldwin the Sheriff; Godbold. 142 sheep. |
Clifford Barton, an old farm; 17th century Clifford Bridge.
Clovelly
| Clovelie / leia: King's land. 45 cattle, 100 sheep. |
Clovelly Dykes, Iron Age earthworks.
Clyst Gerred
| Clist: Osbern de Sacey. 27 goats. |
Clyst Gerred Farm.
Clyst Hydon
| Clist: Otelin from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
18th century Chelves Hayes, house with Georgian plasterwork.
Clyst St. George
| Chisewic / Clisewic: Roger from Ralph de Pomeroy, formerly Viking. |
Traditionally Devonian, with red brick and red earth.
Clyst St. Lawrence
| Clist: Alward, the pre-Conquest holder; from Count of Mortain. 38 goats. |
Clyst St. Mary
| Cliste / Clista: Bishop of Coutances. Cob, 10 cattle. |
14th century bridge. Winslade House was the site of the insurrection when the first English Prayer Book was introduced in 1549.
Clyst William
| Clist: Edwin from the king. |
Cockington
| Cochintone / Chochintona: William de Falaise. Cob, 159 sheep, 42 goats. |
Thatched cottages; watermill; forge.
Coddiford
| Codeford / aforda: Odo from the king. |
Tiny.
Coffinswell
| Welle / Willa: Grenta, a man-at-arms, from Tavistock Church. |
Large prehistoric camp on Milber Down.
Colaton Raleigh
| Coletone / tona: King's land, formerly Earl Harold. Mill. 5 wild mares. |
Place Court, a medieval manor house, owned by Sir Walter Raleigh's family.
Coldridge
| Colrige / riga: Bishop of Coutances. |
On a hilltop north of Dartmoor.
Coldstone
| Coltrestan: Thorgils from Iudhael of Totnes. 22 goats. |
Coldstone Farm.
Colebrook (in Cullompton)
| Colebroch(e) / broca: Manfred from William Cheever. 25 goats. |
Some houses.
Coleridge (in Egg Buckland)
| Colrige: Odo from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Part of Plymouth.
Coleridge (in Stokenham)
| Colrige / riga: Alric from Aelfeva from Walter de Douai. |
Coleridge House.
Coleton
| Coletone / -tona: Warin from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Some houses.
Collacombe
| Colecome / Colacoma: Robert d'Aumale. 14 cattle, 20 goats (with Ottery and Willestrew). |
Collacombe Barton near Collacombe Down.
Collaton (in Marlborough)
| Coletone / -tona: Thorgils from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Colscott
| Colsovenescote / cota: Alward, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Some houses.
Columbjohm
On the River Culm.
Colwell
| Colewille / willa: Roger from Baldwin the Sheriff. 20 goats. |
Colwell Barton. The hamlet of West Colwell is nearby.
Colyton
| Culitone: King's land. Mill, church. |
Saxon settlement c.700AD. Pieces of a Saxon Cross were found in the church. During the reign of Henry VIII, a group of Colyton men, the Feoffees, founded the grammar school and built the town hall.
Combe (in south Pool)
| Cumbe / Conba: William from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Some houses near Prawle Point.
Combe Fishacre
| Cumbe / Comba: Ralph de Pomeroy from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Combefishacre House.
Combeinteignhead
| Cumbe / Comba: William Cheever. |
In a combe leading to the Teign Estuary; Bourchier Almshouses, built in 1620.
Combe Martin
| Cumbe / Comba: William de Falaise. 21 cattle, 140 sheep. |
Once known for lead and silver mines.
Combe Raleigh
| Otri: Hubert from Walter de Douai. 38 cattle, 28 pigs, 200 sheep, 50 goats, 4 wild mares. |
Chantry House, built in 1498 probably for village priest.
Combe Royal
| Cumbe: Osbern from Robert Bastard. |
Tudor house.
Combe Sackville
Lost.
Comboyne
| Come / Coma: Odo from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
13th century church with Saxon foundations.
Compton Gifford
| Contone: Stephen from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Part of Plymouth.
Cookbury Wick
| Wiche / Wicha: Robert d'Aumale, formerly Wulfrun, a free woman. |
20 cattle.
Coombe (in Cheriton Fitzpaine)
| Cumbe / Comba: Jagelin from Theobald FitzBerner. |
Tiny.
Coombe (in Cruwys Morchard)
Tiny.
Coombe (in Drewsteignton)
| Cume / Cuma: Godwin from the king. |
Coombe Hall.
Coombe (in Templeton)
| Come / Coma: Bishop of Coutances. 20 cattle. |
Now 2 hamlets, North and South Combe.
Coombe (in Uplowman)
| Come / Coma / Conma: Walter the Wild from Walter de Claville; Gotshelm. Mill. |
Cornwood
| Cornehode / huda: Reginald from Count of Mortain. 3 unbroken mares, 10 cattle, 22 goats. |
On Dartmoor, surrounded by prehistoric remains.
Cornworthy
| Corneorde / orda: Iudhael of Totnes. Mill, fishery (30 salmon). 140 sheep. |
14th century gatehouse remains from an Augustian priory.
Coryton
| Coriton / tona: Drogo from Bishop of Coutances. |
Cotleigh
| Cotelei / leia: Richard from Count of Mortain. |
Countisbury
| Contesberie / beria: William Cheever. Cob, 24 pigs, 300 sheep, 35 goats. |
Roman signal station on Old Barrow Hill; earthwork on Wind Hill, where a battle with the Danes was fought in 873.
Cowick
Lost.
Craze Loman
| Lonmele / -mela / Lonnela / Lonmine / mina: Walter de Claville. Cob, 20 cattle. |
On the River Lowman.
Creacombe (in Newton Ferrers)
| Crawecome / coma: Alfred le Breton. |
Creacombe Farm.
Creacombe (near Witheridge)
| Crawecome / Crabecoma / Crahecome / Crawecoma: Ansger from Baldwin the Sheriff. |
Crealy
| Cravelech / lec: Edmer from the Bishop of Coutances. |
Crealy Burton.
Crediton
| Criteton / Chritetona / Chrietona: Bishop of Exeter. Mill. 64 cattle, 57 pigs, 400 sheep, 125 goats. |
Mainly Georgian and Victorian market town. St. Boniface, missionary to the Germans, born here (680). 10th century Crediton was the seat of the Devon bishopric, which then moved to Exeter because of the Danish threat. The church dates from 1150.
Crockernwell
| Crochewelle / wella: Reginald from Roald Dubbed. |
Crooke Burnell
| Cruc: William, the king's servant. |
Croyde
| Crideholde / holda: Erchenbald from Count of Mortain. 11 cattle, 100 sheep. |
Also Croyde Bay, a hamlet on the coast.
Cruwys Morchard
| Morceth / cet / ceta / Morchet: Bishop of Coutances; William Cheever. 13 cattle, 200 sheep. |
Some houses. Estate farmed by the Cruwys family since the 13th century.
Culleigh
| Colelie / leia: Erchenbald from Count of Mortain. |
Cullompton
| Colitone / tona: Battle Church. Church. |
Small town with houses built by wood merchants. The Church has a Golgotha wood-carving of skulls, bones and rocks.
Culm Davy
| Cumbe / Comba: Oliver from Theobald FitzBerner. Mill. 20 cattle. |
Culm Pyne
| Colun: Otelin from Baldwin the Sheriff. Mill. 20 goats. |
Culm Pyne Barton.
Culmstock
| Clumestoche / stocha: Bishop of Exeter. Mill. |
Quaker Meeting House founded in 1650 and rebuilt in 1815.
Culm Vale
Area on the River Exe.
Culsworthy
| Coltesworde / shorda: Colwin, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Tiny.
Curscombe
| Cochalescome / coma: Drogo from Count of Mortain. |
Curscombe Farms.
Curtisknowle
| Cortescanole / ola: Ralph de Pomeroy from Iudhael of Totnes. |
Curworthy
| Corneurde / Corneorda: 3 thanes, the pre-Conquest holder, from Alfred le Breton. |
Curworthy Farm.
