Edgbaston

Other current and historical names

Celboldestone
The Vale
Vale, The

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'27"N 1°55'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 404875, 284417
OS Grid: SP048844
Mapcode Local: GBR 5SJ.TV
Mapcode Global: VH9Z2.HHQ9

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

Edgbaston in historic gazetteers

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

Edgbaston, par., N. Warwickshire, forming W. district of Birmingham, 2606 ac., pop. 22,760.

Edgbaston in the Domesday Book

A village in Coleshill hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aski of Edgbaston; Alwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Whitley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 mixed measures

British Place Names

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Edgbaston is a suburban area in Birmingham, Birmingham

Edgbaston in historic gazetteers

Edgbaston in the Domesday Book