Wombourne, Staffordshire

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Wombourne is a settlement in Staffordshire

Built-Up Area: Wombourne
Parish/Community: Wombourne
District/Borough: South Staffordshire
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'52"N 2°12'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 386481, 292616
OS Grid: SO864926
Mapcode Local: GBR 1B3.8FP
Mapcode Global: VH912.SMYX

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

Wombourne in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorsten of Cranford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Ellesborough (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 3 smallholders; 8 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Mills: 2, value 4 shillings

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