Shawbury

Other current and historical names

Sawesberie

Built-Up Area: Shawbury
Parish/Community: Shawbury
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°47'14"N 2°39'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 355874, 321283
OS Grid: SJ558212
Mapcode Local: GBR 7M.XHDG
Mapcode Global: WH9CM.56MJ

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

Shawbury in historic gazetteers

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

Shawbury, par. and vil., Shropshire - par., 7414 ac., pop. 967; vil., on river Roden, 7 miles NE. of Shrewsbury; P.O.; in vicinity is Shawbury House, seat.

Shawbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Algeat of Shawbury; Edric the wild
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gerard of Tournai-sur-Dive
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard of Tournai-sur-Dive
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (8 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Shawbury, Shropshire

Shawbury is a village in Shropshire

Shawbury in historic gazetteers

Shawbury in the Domesday Book