Smethcott

Other current and historical names

Smerecote

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'26"N 2°48'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 345500, 299500
OS Grid: SO455995
Mapcode Local: GBR BG.9V71
Mapcode Global: WH8CC.W41V

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

Smethcott in historic gazetteers

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

Smethcott.-- par. and vil., Shropshire, 4 miles N. of Church Stretton, 2705 ac., pop. 283.

Smethcott in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldred brother of Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldred brother of Siward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 riders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 50 pigs

British Place Names

Smethcott, Shropshire

Smethcott is a settlement in Shropshire

Smethcott in historic gazetteers

Smethcott in the Domesday Book