Pixley

Other current and historical names

Picheslei

Parish/Community: Pixley
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'50"N 2°29'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 366034, 238881
OS Grid: SO660388
Mapcode Local: GBR FW.F19S
Mapcode Global: VH85S.NSZX

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

Pixley in historic gazetteers

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

Pixley, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in E. of co., 3½ miles W. of Ledbury, 655 ac., pop. 99.

Pixley in the Domesday Book

A village in Radlow hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorger of Pixley
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansfrid of Cormeilles
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansfrid of Cormeilles
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Hereford St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil, the Bishop of Hereford's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey of Bouville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Bouville
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Pixley, Herefordshire, County of

Pixley is a settlement in Herefordshire, County of

Pixley in historic gazetteers

Pixley in the Domesday Book