Sedgley

Other current and historical names

Segeslie
Cotwall End

Built-Up Area: Sedgley
Parish/Community: Dudley, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Dudley
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'28"N 2°7'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 391818, 293720
OS Grid: SO918937
Mapcode Local: GBR 4F2.MD
Mapcode Global: VH914.5DH6

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

Sedgley in historic gazetteers

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

Sedgley, town and par., Staffordshire - par. (wholly within the parl. limits of Wolverhampton, and containing the local government dist. of Coseley), 7743 ac., pop. 36,574; town (Upper Sedgley), 3 miles S. of Wolverhampton, pop. 14,784; P.O., T.O.; has extensive collieries and ironworks.

Sedgley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 45 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 18 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Sedgley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Sedgley, Dudley

Sedgley is a town in Dudley

Sedgley in historic gazetteers

Sedgley in the Domesday Book