Shermanbury

Other current and historical names

Salmonesberi

Parish/Community: Shermanbury
District/Borough: Horsham
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'35"N 0°17'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 520501, 119211
OS Grid: TQ205192
Mapcode Local: GBR HKW.LNQ
Mapcode Global: FRA B69K.SP4

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

Shermanbury in historic gazetteers

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

Shermanbury, par. and vil., Sussex - par., 1917 ac., pop. 303; vil., 6 miles NE. of Steyning; P.O.; near the vil. is Shermanbury Park, seat.

Shermanbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Wyndham hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur of Slindon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Braose
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Bucy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 3/12 in 1066; £1 3/12 in 1070; £1 3/12 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Shermanbury, West Sussex

Shermanbury is a village in West Sussex

Shermanbury in historic gazetteers

Shermanbury in the Domesday Book