Alrewas

Other current and historical names

Alreschaw

Built-Up Area: Alrewas
Parish/Community: Alrewas
District/Borough: Lichfield
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°43'58"N 1°44'57"W
Eastings/Northings: 417021, 315042
OS Grid: SK170150
Mapcode Local: GBR 4D5.NJW
Mapcode Global: WHCGJ.3K7T

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

Alrewas in historic gazetteers

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

Alrewas, par., civ. par., and vil. with ry. sta., E. Staffordshire, 5 miles NE. of Lichfield -- par., 6009 ac., pop. 1563; civ. par., pop. 955; P.O., T.O.

Alrewas in the Domesday Book

A village in Offlow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £11 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Alrewas, Staffordshire

Alrewas is a village in Staffordshire

Alrewas in historic gazetteers

Alrewas in the Domesday Book