Leintwardine

Other current and historical names

Lenteurde
Kinton

Built-Up Area: Leintwardine
Parish/Community: Leintwardine
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'46"N 2°52'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 340388, 274238
OS Grid: SO403742
Mapcode Local: GBR BC.S8DD
Mapcode Global: VH76L.2VZZ

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

Leintwardine in historic gazetteers

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

Leintwardine, vil., Herefordshire, in NE. of co., and par. and township, partly also in Shropshire - par., 7855 ac., pop. 1609; township, 4252 ac., pop. 1218; vil., at confluence of rivers Teme and Clun, 9 miles W. of Ludlow; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is much resorted to by anglers.

Leintwardine in the Domesday Book

A village in Leintwardine hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer; 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 11 smallholders; 5 slaves; 1 priest; 11 other
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Sai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Le Pin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Leintwardine, Herefordshire, County of

Leintwardine is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Leintwardine in historic gazetteers

Leintwardine in the Domesday Book