Eardington

Other current and historical names

Ardintone

Built-Up Area: Eardington
Parish/Community: Eardington
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'45"N 2°24'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 372255, 290604
OS Grid: SO722906
Mapcode Local: GBR BZ.GWW8
Mapcode Global: VH915.53NN

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

Eardington in historic gazetteers

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

Eardington, township and ry. sta., Quatford par., S. Shropshire, near river Severn, 1½ mile S. of Bridgnorth, 1301 ac., pop. 263.

Eardington in the Domesday Book

A village in Alnodestreu hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Much Wenlock St Milburga
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Eardington, Shropshire

Eardington is a village in Shropshire

Eardington in historic gazetteers

Eardington in the Domesday Book