Sandford, Shropshire

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Sandford is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Sandord

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°54'8"N 2°37'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 357981, 334053
OS Grid: SJ579340
Mapcode Local: GBR 7N.PBLP
Mapcode Global: WH9C1.M9NW

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

Sandford in historic gazetteers

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

Sandford, vil., Prees par., Shropshire, 5 miles W. of Market Drayton; in vicinity is the seat of Sandford Hall.

Sandford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gerard of Tournai-sur-Dive
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard of Tournai-sur-Dive
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 300 pigs

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British Place Names

Sandford, Shropshire

Sandford is a village in Shropshire

Sandford in historic gazetteers

Sandford in the Domesday Book