Aldon

Other current and historical names

Alledone

Parish/Community: Craven Arms
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'42"N 2°49'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 343618, 279627
OS Grid: SO436796
Mapcode Local: GBR BF.P1W9
Mapcode Global: VH76D.WNK1

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

Aldon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward the fat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Lacy; 1 priest (subinfeudated); Aldred brother of Siward (subinfeudated); Richard of Stanton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 5/- in 1066; £9 1/- in 1086
- Households: 36 villagers; 9 smallholders; 7 slaves; 4 female slaves; 1 priest; 2 Cottagers
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Aldon, Shropshire

Aldon is a hamlet in Shropshire

Aldon in the Domesday Book