Coven

Other current and historical names

Cove

Built-Up Area: Coven
Parish/Community: Brewood and Coven
District/Borough: South Staffordshire
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'29"N 2°8'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 390921, 306743
OS Grid: SJ909067
Mapcode Local: GBR 18N.6X5
Mapcode Global: WHBFL.5F8X

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

Coven in historic gazetteers

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

Coven, eccl. dist. (St Paul), Brewood par., W. Staffordshire, pop. 606; P.O.

Coven in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Burgred of Coven (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

British Place Names

Coven, Staffordshire

Coven is a village in Staffordshire

Coven in historic gazetteers

Coven in the Domesday Book