Queenhill

Other current and historical names

Cunhille

Parish/Community: Queenhill
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'50"N 2°12'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 385791, 236948
OS Grid: SO857369
Mapcode Local: GBR 1J3.LGM
Mapcode Global: VH93L.N7S0

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

Queenhill in historic gazetteers

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

Queenhill, township, Ripple par., Worcestershire, 2½ miles SE. of Upton on Severn, 1380 ac. (including Holdfast), pop. 107.

Queenhill in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelric brother of Bishop Brictheah
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Abbey of Lyre (subinfeudated); Herman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 9 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 other; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

British Place Names

Queenhill, Worcestershire

Queenhill is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Queenhill in historic gazetteers

Queenhill in the Domesday Book