Mashbury

Other current and historical names

Masceberia, Massebirig

Parish/Community: Mashbury
District/Borough: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°47'2"N 0°23'40"E
Eastings/Northings: 565273, 212182
OS Grid: TL652121
Mapcode Local: GBR NHJ.4L6
Mapcode Global: VHJJT.SFHB

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

Mashbury in historic gazetteers

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

Mashbury, par., Essex, 5 miles NW. of Chelmsford, 822 ac., pop. 142.

Mashbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Dunmow hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 8 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders

British Place Names

Mashbury, Essex

Mashbury is a settlement in Essex

Mashbury in historic gazetteers

Mashbury in the Domesday Book