Purslow

Other current and historical names

Posselau

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°25'22"N 2°56'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 336020, 280952
OS Grid: SO360809
Mapcode Local: GBR B8.NJ97
Mapcode Global: VH76B.YCDJ

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

Purslow in historic gazetteers

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

Purslow, hundred, Shropshire, 66,652 ac., pop. 9199.

Purslow in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Sai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Sai
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Purslow, Shropshire

Purslow is a hamlet in Shropshire

Purslow in historic gazetteers

Purslow in the Domesday Book