Tixall

Other current and historical names

Tixal
Ticks Hall
Ticheshale

Parish/Community: Tixall
District/Borough: Stafford
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'3"N 2°2'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 397653, 322620
OS Grid: SJ976226
Mapcode Local: GBR 28C.811
Mapcode Global: WHBDV.PVKH

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

Tixall in historic gazetteers

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

Tixall, par. and vil., in co. and 3½ miles E. of Stafford, 2369 ac., pop. 226; P.O.; near vil. is Tixall Hall, seat; on Tixall Heath are two barrows.

Tixall in the Domesday Book

A village in Pirehill hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alric; Ordmer of Somersal
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Ingestre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almund father of Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Tixall, Staffordshire

Tixall is a village in Staffordshire

Tixall in historic gazetteers

Tixall in the Domesday Book