Abdon, Shropshire

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Abdon is a hamlet in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

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Parish/Community: Abdon
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°28'24"N 2°37'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 357407, 286349
OS Grid: SO574863
Mapcode Local: GBR BP.K9L0
Mapcode Global: VH83S.D387

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

Abdon in historic gazetteers

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

Abdon, par., S. Shropshire, 9 miles NE. of Ludrow, 1134 ac., pop. 154.

Abdon in the Domesday Book

A village in Patton hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Azo Bigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves; 2 other
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)

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British Place Names

Abdon, Shropshire

Abdon is a hamlet in Shropshire

Abdon in historic gazetteers

Abdon in the Domesday Book