Walford

Other current and historical names

Waliford
Walford Letton and Newton

Parish/Community: Adforton
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'50"N 2°53'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 339500, 272500
OS Grid: SO395725
Mapcode Local: GBR BB.TC91
Mapcode Global: VH76R.V8RG

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

Walford in historic gazetteers

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

Walford, Letton, and Newton, township, Leintwardine par., Herefordshire, 9 miles W. of Ludlow, 3603 ac. (with Adforton, &c.), pop. 187.

Walford in the Domesday Book

A village in Leintwardine hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Dunning; Blaecmer; Wulfward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ingelrann of Amport (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Church of Wigmore (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Walford, Herefordshire, County of

Walford is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Walford in historic gazetteers

Walford in the Domesday Book