Sheriffhales

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'34"N 2°21'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 375500, 312500
OS Grid: SJ755125
Mapcode Local: GBR 06F.33X
Mapcode Global: WH9D4.N5G2

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

Sheriffhales in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Reginald the sheriff (subinfeudated); Abbey of Saint-Evroult (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 14 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 priest; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 11 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Sheriffhales, Shropshire

Sheriffhales is a settlement in Shropshire

Sheriffhales in the Domesday Book