Thanks, Jon. The two volumes of the Place-Names of Devon are checked out from my library and sitting on my shelves as I write this. Not quite bedtime reading, but fascinating in their own way. The amount of scholarship that went into this series is simply astounding. David On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Jonathan Frayne wrote: > I don't know if this is relevant but Rubbytown is listed in The Place-Names > of Devon, Part 1, Cambs University Press p. 219 and listed under Tavistock > is: > > > > RUBBYTOWN is Rubes in Woleovis 1488 Rental. Thomas Rubye sold land in > 'Woodovyse' to John Brent sometime before 1488. The land he sold is called > Smythland and probably was later called Rubbytown or Ruby's (ex inf. Mr > J.J. Alexander). Thomas Rubye may well have been of the same family as Roger > Rubi, a witness to a charter granting land in a neighbouring district of > Foghanger in 1185 (Buckland). For further names of this type, c.f. > Sparkaton, Prowtytown infra 231, 148. > > > > I have not tried to interpret all the abbreviations but the gist may be > useful. > > > > There is no mention of Cole Town in the Place-Names of Devon albeit several > similar names. > > > > HTH > > > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message