Kemberton

Other current and historical names

Chenbritone

Parish/Community: Kemberton
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'24"N 2°23'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 373155, 304770
OS Grid: SJ731047
Mapcode Local: GBR 075.DHV
Mapcode Global: WH9DB.4W8Z

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

Kemberton in historic gazetteers

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

Kemberton, par. and vil., in E. of Shropshire, 2½ miles SW. of Shifnal, 1387 ac., pop. 274; P.O.

Kemberton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin; Aelfric; Edmer; Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Theobald
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Theobald
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/12 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (11 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Woodland: 30 pigs

British Place Names

Kemberton, Shropshire

Kemberton is a village in Shropshire

Kemberton in historic gazetteers

Kemberton in the Domesday Book