Brockton, Shropshire

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Brockton is a village in Shropshire

Parish/Community: Stanton Long
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'24"N 2°37'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 357813, 293768
OS Grid: SO578937
Mapcode Local: GBR BP.F4TL
Mapcode Global: VH83D.GFY3

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

Brockton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saemer; Algeard; Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/12 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

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Brockton, Shropshire

Brockton is a village in Shropshire

Brockton in the Domesday Book