Birlingham

Other current and historical names

Berlingeham

Parish/Community: Birlingham
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'11"N 2°5'57"W
Eastings/Northings: 393286, 243148
OS Grid: SO932431
Mapcode Local: GBR 2JZ.41Y
Mapcode Global: VH938.KTH8

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

Birlingham in historic gazetteers

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

Birlingham, par., E. Worcestershire, on river Avon, 2½ miles SW. of Pershore, 1210 ac., pop. 352; P.O.

Birlingham in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Dunning; Aelfric; Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster; Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Birlingham, Worcestershire

Birlingham is a village in Worcestershire

Birlingham in historic gazetteers

Birlingham in the Domesday Book