Prees

Other current and historical names

Pres

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'51"N 2°39'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 355333, 333549
OS Grid: SJ553335
Mapcode Local: GBR 7M.PF1R
Mapcode Global: WH9C1.1F0K

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

Prees in historic gazetteers

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

Prees, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire - par. (containing Calverhall, Fauls, and Whixall ecol. dists.), 13,743 ac., pop. 3068; vil., 4½ miles S. of Whitchurch; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Prees Hall, seat.

Prees in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chester St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chester; Ansketil (subinfeudated); Fulcher (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £3 7/12 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 priest; 11 other
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (17 plough lands)
- Woodland: 60 pigs

British Place Names

Prees, Shropshire

Prees is a village in Shropshire

Prees in historic gazetteers

Prees in the Domesday Book