Bitterley

Other current and historical names

Buterlie

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'34"N 2°38'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 356281, 277411
OS Grid: SO562774
Mapcode Local: GBR BN.QCT1
Mapcode Global: VH845.434V

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

Bitterley in historic gazetteers

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

Bitterley, par., S. Shropshire, 4 miles NE. of Ludlow, 6591 ac., pop. 988.

Bitterley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves; 2 female slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Bitterley, Shropshire

Bitterley is a village in Shropshire

Bitterley in historic gazetteers

Bitterley in the Domesday Book