Croft

Other current and historical names

Crofta

Parish/Community: Croft and Yarpole
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'5"N 2°48'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 345500, 265500
OS Grid: SO455655
Mapcode Local: GBR BG.Y38N
Mapcode Global: VH770.DTXR

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

Croft in historic gazetteers

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

Croft.-- par. and township, N. Herefordshire, on river Lugg, 5 miles NW. of Leominster -- par., 1564 ac., pop. 102; township, 1057 ac., pop. 36; contains C. Castle.

Croft in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard Beard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 1 smallholder; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Croft, Herefordshire, County of

Croft is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Croft in historic gazetteers

Croft in the Domesday Book