Shephall

Other current and historical names

Sheephall
Escepehala
Escepehale

Built-Up Area: Stevenage
Parish/Community: Stevenage, unparished area
District/Borough: Stevenage
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'31"N 0°10'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 525667, 223071
OS Grid: TL256230
Mapcode Local: GBR J83.BJ5
Mapcode Global: VHGP0.XP7Y

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

Shephall in historic gazetteers

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

Shephall, par. and vil., Herts, 2½ miles SE. of Stevenage, 1156 ac., pop. 221; near the vil. is Shephall Bury, seat.

Shephall in the Domesday Book

A village in Broadwater hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 cottagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 10 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Blaec
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil of Rots (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 20 pigs

British Place Names

Shephall, Hertfordshire

Shephall is a suburban area in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Shephall in historic gazetteers

Shephall in the Domesday Book