Kingsley

Other current and historical names

Chingeslei

Built-Up Area: Kingsley
Parish/Community: Kingsley
District/Borough: Staffordshire Moorlands
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°1'12"N 1°59'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 401039, 346988
OS Grid: SK010469
Mapcode Local: GBR 25Q.NQB
Mapcode Global: WHBCX.GBJZ

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

Kingsley in historic gazetteers

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

Kingsley, par. and vil., Staffordshire, 2½ miles NE. of Cheadle, 4769 ac., pop. 1832; P.O.

Kingsley in the Domesday Book

A village in Totmonslow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric brother of Leofnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Stafford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ligulf (subinfeudated); Nigel of Stafford
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 17 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric brother of Leofnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph son of Hubert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Stafford (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Kingsley, Staffordshire

Kingsley is a village in Kingsley , Staffordshire

Kingsley in historic gazetteers

Kingsley in the Domesday Book