Post by Dave on Aug 6, 2009 20:57:45 GMT
In the Domesday Book (1086), Paignton is PEINTONE; 52 villagers,40 smallholders and 5 pig men are recorded as well as 36 ‘slaves’.
These last worked on the manorial lord’s own demesne with 8 plough teams employed on 6 hides (ahide was normally a standard 120 acres of arable land in cultivation – in the
southwest its real extent could be less), or around 720 acres. In addition 41 acres ofwoodland, 40 of pasture, and 18 of meadow are recorded on which the villagers andsmallholders kept 4 cobs, 16 pigs, 20 cattle and 350 sheep.
The 133 men enumerated probably indicates a population of around 400-500 across the manor.What is significant about Paington in Domesday is its non-urban character: neither its parish church nor its houses are mentioned. If the 52 villagers occupied the main settlement, the 40 smallholders were scattered across the manorial land.
These outlying hamlets can be identified, among them Collaton St Mary (Colethorn);Yalberton (Aleburn); and Stantor (Stontorre). Meadows, pastures, woodland and a salthouse are also recorded. Paignton was thus an important manorial centre with a market, fishery and other industries, long before Torquay developed.
So how come we did not get the football club
These last worked on the manorial lord’s own demesne with 8 plough teams employed on 6 hides (ahide was normally a standard 120 acres of arable land in cultivation – in the
southwest its real extent could be less), or around 720 acres. In addition 41 acres ofwoodland, 40 of pasture, and 18 of meadow are recorded on which the villagers andsmallholders kept 4 cobs, 16 pigs, 20 cattle and 350 sheep.
The 133 men enumerated probably indicates a population of around 400-500 across the manor.What is significant about Paington in Domesday is its non-urban character: neither its parish church nor its houses are mentioned. If the 52 villagers occupied the main settlement, the 40 smallholders were scattered across the manorial land.
These outlying hamlets can be identified, among them Collaton St Mary (Colethorn);Yalberton (Aleburn); and Stantor (Stontorre). Meadows, pastures, woodland and a salthouse are also recorded. Paignton was thus an important manorial centre with a market, fishery and other industries, long before Torquay developed.
So how come we did not get the football club
