Rowton

Other current and historical names

Rugeton
Rugheton

Parish/Community: Ercall Magna
Unitary Authority: Telford and Wrekin
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'31"N 2°34'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 361325, 319921
OS Grid: SJ613199
Mapcode Local: GBR 7Q.YC28
Mapcode Global: WH9CN.FH4L

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

Rowton in historic gazetteers

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

Rowton, curacy, Ercall Magna par., Shropshire, 6 miles NW. of Wellington.

Rowton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Morcar of Rowton; Dot of Huyton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edith (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 3 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Rowton, Telford and Wrekin

Rowton is a village in Telford and Wrekin

Rowton in historic gazetteers

Rowton in the Domesday Book