Chirbury

Other current and historical names

Cherbury
Cireberie

Parish/Community: Chirbury with Brompton
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'42"N 3°5'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 326216, 298411
OS Grid: SO262984
Mapcode Local: GBR B2.BPTK
Mapcode Global: WH7B3.HGN3

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

Chirbury in historic gazetteers

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

Chirbury, par. and vil., S. Shropshire, on W. border of co., 3 miles NE. of Montgomery, 11,041 ac., pop. 1477; P.O.

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

Cherbury (Shropshire). See CHIRBURY.

Chirbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 1 priest; 9 other
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Churches: 2

British Place Names

Chirbury, Shropshire

Chirbury is a village in Shropshire

Chirbury in historic gazetteers

Chirbury in the Domesday Book