Minsterley

Other current and historical names

Menistrelie
The Grove
Grove, The

Built-Up Area: Minsterley
Parish/Community: Minsterley
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'22"N 2°55'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 337467, 305058
OS Grid: SJ374050
Mapcode Local: GBR B9.6VTT
Mapcode Global: WH8BY.1X56

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

Minsterley in historic gazetteers

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

Minsterley, township and vil. with ry. sta., Westbury par., Shropshire, 9 miles SW. of Shrewsbury, pop. 926; P.O., T.O.

Minsterley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger son of Corbet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 5/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Minsterley, Shropshire

Minsterley is a village in Shropshire

Minsterley in historic gazetteers

Minsterley in the Domesday Book