Compton

Other current and historical names

Contone

Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton
Parish/Community: Wolverhampton, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Wolverhampton
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'13"N 2°10'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 388169, 298817
OS Grid: SO881988
Mapcode Local: GBR 11K.T0
Mapcode Global: WHBFY.K70K

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

Compton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Compton, Wolverhampton

Compton is a suburban area in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton

Compton in the Domesday Book