Rudge, Shropshire

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Rudge is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Rigge

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'30"N 2°16'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 381500, 297500
OS Grid: SO815975
Mapcode Local: GBR 083.FT1
Mapcode Global: WHBFX.1J7S

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

Rudge in historic gazetteers

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

Rudge, township, Pattingham par., Shropshire, 7 miles NE. of Bridgnorth, 1542 ac., pop. 155; contains Rudge Hall, seat.

Rudge in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)

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Rudge, Shropshire

Rudge is a village in Shropshire

Rudge in historic gazetteers

Rudge in the Domesday Book