Pontesbury

Other current and historical names

Pantesberie

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'56"N 2°53'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 339908, 306051
OS Grid: SJ399060
Mapcode Local: GBR BB.6C7P
Mapcode Global: WH8BY.LP54

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

Pontesbury in historic gazetteers

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

Pontesbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire - par., 10,667 ac., pop. 3060; vil., 8 miles SW. of Shrewsbury; P.O., T.O.; the par. is ecclesiastically divided into 3 "Portions" - First Portion, pop. 1387; Second Portion, pop. 901; Third Portion, pop. 772.

Pontesbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwy of Pontesbury
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger son of Corbet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ernwy of Pontesbury (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 7 slaves; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Pontesbury, Shropshire

Pontesbury is a village in Shropshire

Pontesbury in historic gazetteers

Pontesbury in the Domesday Book