Clungunford

Other current and historical names

Clone
Abcott

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'9"N 2°53'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 339759, 278673
OS Grid: SO397786
Mapcode Local: GBR BB.PRYF
Mapcode Global: VH76C.XV5Z

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

Clungunford in historic gazetteers

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

Clungunford, par. and seat, S. Shropshire, 6 miles SE. of Clun, 3620 ac., pop. 581.

Clungunford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gunnvarth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Sai
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Le Pin (subinfeudated); Picot of Sai
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 7 smallholders; 8 slaves; 4 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Mills: 2, value 7 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gunnvarth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Le Pin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)

British Place Names

Clungunford, Shropshire

Clungunford is a village in Shropshire

Clungunford in historic gazetteers

Clungunford in the Domesday Book