Blore

Other current and historical names

Blora

Parish/Community: Blore with Swinscoe
District/Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°2'33"N 1°48'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 413500, 349500
OS Grid: SK135495
Mapcode Local: GBR 48F.7Q7
Mapcode Global: WHCDY.BS2B

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

Blore in historic gazetteers

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

Blore, par., N. Staffordshire, 4 miles NW. of Ashborne, 2258 ac., pop. 279; contains Blore with Swinscoe, township, 1886 ac., pop. 217.

Blore in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 furlongs

British Place Names

Blore, Staffordshire

Blore is a settlement in Staffordshire

Blore in historic gazetteers

Blore in the Domesday Book