Longford

Other current and historical names

Langeford

Parish/Community: Church Aston
Unitary Authority: Telford and Wrekin
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'43"N 2°24'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 372713, 318367
OS Grid: SJ727183
Mapcode Local: GBR 7Y.Z43J
Mapcode Global: WH9CR.0TNS

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

Longford in historic gazetteers

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

Longford, par., Shropshire, 1½ mile W. of Newport ry. sta., 1258 ac., pop. 95; contains the seat of Longford Hall.

Longford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turold of Verley
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Turold of Verley; 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £2 4/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 other
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (13 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Longford, Telford and Wrekin

Longford is a village in Telford and Wrekin

Longford in historic gazetteers

Longford in the Domesday Book