Shelford

Other current and historical names

Scelfort
Escelford
Escelforde

Parish/Community: Shelford
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'22"N 1°0'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 466256, 342178
OS Grid: SK662421
Mapcode Local: GBR 9JW.N7W
Mapcode Global: WHFHZ.CJZR

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

Shelford in historic gazetteers

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

Shelford, par., township, and vil., Notts - par., 3560 ac., pop. 535; township, pop. 437; vil., 3 miles NW. of Bnigham; P.O.

Shelford in the Domesday Book

A village in Bingham hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 36 villagers; 12 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 9 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
- Other resources: 1 fishery
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Helghi of Owthorpe; Hoga
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Shelford, Nottinghamshire

Shelford is a village in Nottinghamshire

Shelford in historic gazetteers

Shelford in the Domesday Book