Colwall

Other current and historical names

Colwal
Colwell
Colewelle

Parish/Community: Colwall
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'41"N 2°22'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 373950, 242271
OS Grid: SO739422
Mapcode Local: GBR 0FY.QPC
Mapcode Global: VH939.N1T5

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

Colwall in historic gazetteers

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

Colwall, par. and vil. with ry. sta., SE. Herefordshire, 3½ miles NE. of Ledbury, 3771 ac., pop. 1438; P.O. at Colwall Green, and school at Colwall Hill.

Colwall in the Domesday Book

A village in Wimundestreu hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thormoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Hereford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Hereford; 1 rider (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1/2½

British Place Names

Colwall, Herefordshire, County of

Colwall is a hamlet in Herefordshire, County of

Colwall in historic gazetteers

Colwall in the Domesday Book