Shaw, Newbury, West Berkshire :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Essages
Dunnngton
Dennington
Donnington
Shaw Cum Donnington

Built-Up Area: Newbury
Parish/Community: Shaw cum Donnington
Unitary Authority: West Berkshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°24'48"N 1°19'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 447526, 168484
OS Grid: SU475684
Mapcode Local: GBR 81S.9L9
Mapcode Global: VHCZC.3QLV

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

Shaw in historic gazetteers

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

Shaw cum Donnington, par., Berks (containing the vils. of Donnington and Shaw), 1996 ac., pop. 703.

Shaw in the Domesday Book

A village in Thatcham hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 12 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 50 swine render
- Mills: 1, value £1

British Place Names

Shaw, West Berkshire

Shaw is a suburban area in Newbury, West Berkshire

Shaw in historic gazetteers

Shaw in the Domesday Book