Cradley

Other current and historical names

Credelaie
Cradley East and West

Built-Up Area: Cradley
Parish/Community: Cradley
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'24"N 2°23'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 373543, 247305
OS Grid: SO735473
Mapcode Local: GBR 0FC.WMQ
Mapcode Global: VH92X.KWHL

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

Cradley in historic gazetteers

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

Cradley.-- par., NE. Herefordshire, 3 miles N. of Colwall ry. sta., 5966 ac., pop. 1746; P.O.; contains hamlets of East and West Cradley.

Cradley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Hereford St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Hereford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Hereford; 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); 1 rider (subinfeudated); 1 reeve (subinfeudated); 1 priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 slaves; 6 boors
- Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 34 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 2/7¼

British Place Names

Cradley, Herefordshire, County of

Cradley is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Cradley in historic gazetteers

Cradley in the Domesday Book