Oxley

Other current and historical names

Oxelie
Oxley House

Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton
Parish/Community: Wolverhampton, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Wolverhampton
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'57"N 2°8'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 390812, 302039
OS Grid: SJ908020
Mapcode Local: GBR 1B6.BL
Mapcode Global: WHBFS.4HLT

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

Oxley in historic gazetteers

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

Oxley House, seat, 2½ miles NW. of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Oxley in the Domesday Book

A village in Seisdon hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alric; Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Penn (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Oxley, Wolverhampton

Oxley is a suburban area in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton

Oxley in historic gazetteers

Oxley in the Domesday Book