Whitmore

Other current and historical names

Witemore

Parish/Community: Whitmore
District/Borough: Newcastle-under-Lyme
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°57'59"N 2°17'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 380924, 341061
OS Grid: SJ809410
Mapcode Local: GBR 03F.502
Mapcode Global: WH9BT.VPWM

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

Whitmore in historic gazetteers

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

Whitmore, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Staffordshire - par., 2015 ac., pop. 311; vil., 4 miles SW. of Newcastle under Lyme; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Whitmore Hall, seat.

Whitmore in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfheah
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard the forester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Stafford (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Whitmore, Staffordshire

Whitmore is a village in Staffordshire

Whitmore in historic gazetteers

Whitmore in the Domesday Book