Wheathill

Other current and historical names

Waltham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°26'21"N 2°33'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 362500, 282500
OS Grid: SO625825
Mapcode Local: GBR BS.MJ5R
Mapcode Global: VH83T.PYNH

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

Wheathill in historic gazetteers

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

Wheathill.-- par., Shropshire, 7 miles NW. of Cleobury Mortimer, 1415 ac., pop. 107.

Wheathill in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almund father of Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 slaves; 1 reeve
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Wheathill, Shropshire

Wheathill is a hamlet in Shropshire

Wheathill in historic gazetteers

Wheathill in the Domesday Book