Morville

Other current and historical names

Morvill
Morvil
Membrefelde

Parish/Community: Morville
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'38"N 2°29'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 366889, 294133
OS Grid: SO668941
Mapcode Local: GBR BW.DV2V
Mapcode Global: VH83G.SBN3

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

Morville in historic gazetteers

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

Morvil or Morville, par., township, and vil., Shropshire - par., 5166 ac., pop. 474; township, pop. 385; vil., 3 miles NW. of Bridgnorth; P.O.; a priory once stood here.

Morville in the Domesday Book

A village in Alnodestreu 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: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Abbey of Shrewsbury (subinfeudated); 5 men (subinfeudated); Earl Roger of Shrewsbury; Richard the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 8/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves; 3 priests; 8 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (45 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Morville, Shropshire

Morville is a village in Shropshire

Morville in historic gazetteers

Morville in the Domesday Book