Shinfield

Other current and historical names

Selingefelle

Built-Up Area: Reading
Parish/Community: Shinfield
Unitary Authority: Hart
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°24'20"N 0°56'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 473426, 167920
OS Grid: SU734679
Mapcode Local: GBR C68.V07
Mapcode Global: VHDX0.KXCV

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

Shinfield in historic gazetteers

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

Shinfield, par. and vil., Berks, in S. of co.- par., 4567 ac., pop. 1277; vil., 3½ miles S. of Reading; P.O.; Shinfield Manor House and Shinfield Lodge are seats.

Shinfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Charldon hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi of Clatford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 90 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Other resources: 5 fisheries

British Place Names

Shinfield, Hart

Shinfield is a village in Reading, Hart

Shinfield in historic gazetteers

Shinfield in the Domesday Book