Onibury

Other current and historical names

Aneberie

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'18"N 2°48'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 345290, 278884
OS Grid: SO452788
Mapcode Local: GBR BG.PMYM
Mapcode Global: VH76F.BT41

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

Onibury in historic gazetteers

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

Onibury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire, on river Quny, 5 miles NW. of Ludlow, 2493 ac., pop. 458.

Onibury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Hereford St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Hereford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Roger of Lacy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 1 slave; 1 priest; 1 Cottager
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)

British Place Names

Onibury, Shropshire

Onibury is a village in Shropshire

Onibury in historic gazetteers

Onibury in the Domesday Book