Maesbury

Other current and historical names

Meresberie
Newbridge

Parish/Community: Oswestry Rural
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°49'40"N 3°1'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 330696, 326100
OS Grid: SJ306261
Mapcode Local: GBR 74.TVWR
Mapcode Global: WH8B3.F5BT

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

Maesbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Reginald the sheriff (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated); Engelbald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 priest; 14 other
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Maesbury, Shropshire

Maesbury is a village in Shropshire

Maesbury in the Domesday Book