Stottesdon

Other current and historical names

Stottesden
Stodesdone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°26'29"N 2°29'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 366797, 282732
OS Grid: SO667827
Mapcode Local: GBR BW.M7QG
Mapcode Global: VH83V.SWKN

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

Stottesdon in historic gazetteers

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

Stottesden, par., township, and vil., Shropshire - par., 11,443 ac., pop. 1491; township, 9308 ac., pop. 1145; vil., 5 miles N. of Cleobury Mortimer; P.O.

Stottesdon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury; Abbey of Shrewsbury (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £11 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 5 smallholders; 8 slaves; 3 female slaves; 6 freedmen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (19 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Stottesdon, Shropshire

Stottesdon is a village in Shropshire

Stottesdon in historic gazetteers

Stottesdon in the Domesday Book