Adforton

Other current and historical names

Alfertitune
Adforton With Stanway Paytoe and Grange

Parish/Community: Adforton
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'4"N 2°52'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 339969, 271101
OS Grid: SO399711
Mapcode Local: GBR BC.V118
Mapcode Global: VH76S.0L02

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

Adforton in historic gazetteers

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

Adforton (with Stanway, Paytoe, and Grange), township, Leintwardine par., Herefordshire, 2 miles NW. of Wigmore, 3603 ac., pop. 204.

Adforton in the Domesday Book

A village in Leintwardine hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the wild
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)

British Place Names

Adforton, Herefordshire, County of

Adforton is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Adforton in historic gazetteers

Adforton in the Domesday Book