Kinlet, Shropshire

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Kinlet is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Chinlete

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°25'11"N 2°24'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 371884, 280293
OS Grid: SO718802
Mapcode Local: GBR BZ.NN70
Mapcode Global: VH91K.3F6R

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

Kinlet in historic gazetteers

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

Kinlet, par., Shropshire, in SE. of co., 4 miles NE. of Cleobury Mortimer, 6692 ac., pop. 432; contains the seat of Kinlet Hall.

Kinlet in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Brampton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 6 slaves; 3 other
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)

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Kinlet, Shropshire

Kinlet is a village in Shropshire

Kinlet in historic gazetteers

Kinlet in the Domesday Book