Sheinton

Other current and historical names

Shineton
Schentune
Scentune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°37'50"N 2°34'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 361504, 303805
OS Grid: SJ615038
Mapcode Local: GBR BR.7CYF
Mapcode Global: WH9DF.H49N

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

Sheinton in historic gazetteers

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

Sheinton (or Shineton), par., Shropshire, 1½ mile E. of Cressage sta., 946 ac., pop. 107.

Sheinton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Azur; Saewulf of Sheinton; Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Helgot of Holdgate (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 17 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 9 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf of Sheinton; Azur; Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Helgot of Holdgate (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Sheinton, Shropshire

Sheinton is a hamlet in Shropshire

Sheinton in historic gazetteers

Sheinton in the Domesday Book