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Shropshire A-D

Abdon
Abetune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Manor house; Iron Age forts nearby.
Acton Pigott
Aectune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.

Acton Reynold
Achetone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Victorian mansion incorporating 17th century work.
Acton Round
Achetune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Mill.
Queen Anne manor house.
Acton Scott
Actune: Eldred from Earl Roger.
Pretty; late Elizabethan manor house; Roman site.
Adderley
Eldredelei: Nigel from Earl Roger.
Edward II granted a Thursday market here to his favourite, Bartholomew de Badlesmere.
Alberbury
Alberberie: Earl Roger and Roger FitzCorbet from him.
Quiet; on Welsh border; 13th century ruins.
Albright Hussey
Abretone / Etbretone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Timber-framed house, 1524.
Albrightlee
Etbretelie: Church of St. Almund before and after 1066; Earl Roger.
Farmhouse. St. Almund's Church, Shrewsbury, was pulled down soon after 1788.
Albrighton (near Shifnal)
Albricstone: Norman from Earl Roger.
Large; a thriving market town from the 14th to the 19th century.
Albrighton (near Shrewsbury)
Etbritone: Rainald the Sheriff rom Earl Roger.
Hall.
Alcaston
Aelmundestune: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Picturesque manor farm; moated site nearby.
Aldon
Alledone: Roger de Lacy and Richard and Aldred from him. Mill, church.
Aldon Court.
Alkington
Alchetune: William Pantulf from Earl Roger. Mill.
Alkington Hall, 1592.
Alveley
Alvidelege: Earl Roger.
Pool Hall with the remains of a moat in its grounds.
Amaston
Enbaldestune: Elmund, the pre-Conquest holder, and Alward his son from Earl Roger.
Isolated Heath Farm.
Ashford
Esseford: Osbern FitzRichard. Mill.
Now 2 small villages, Ashford Bowdler and Ashford Carbonel, facing each other across the River Teme.
Astley
Hesleie: Church of St. Mary.
Norman church, much altered.
Aston (in Munslow)
Estune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Mill.
Hall.
Aston (in Oswestry)
Estone: Robert the Butler from Earl Roger.
Aston Hall, 1780; 1742 chapel in parkland; remains of a motte.
Aston (in Wern)
Estune: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Timber-framed hall.
Aston Botterell
Estone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Manor farm with a 13th century hall.
Aston Eyre
Estone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Mill.
Overlooking Mor Brook. Hall Farm dates from the 13th century and may have been a fortified manor house.
Atcham
Atingeham: Church of St. Almund before and after 1066 and Godebold from the church.
Severnside; Roman stones probably from nearby Wroxeter. Ordericus Vitalis, author of Historia Ecclesiastica, 1141, was baptised here.

Badger
Beghesovre: Osbern FitzRichard from Earl Roger.
Surrounded by trees; Georgian Hall, recently demolished.
Barlow
Berlie: Picot from Earl Roger.
Isolated farmhouse.
Baschurch
Bascherche: Earl Roger; Church of St. Peter. Church, 3 fisheries.
On the River Perry; late 12th century church; Iron Age earthworks.
Baveney
Barbingi: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Scattered community on the edge of Wyre Forest; site of a Roman fort.
Bayston
Begestan: William Pantulf from Earl Roger; Edric from Bishop of Hereford.
Baystonhill, a dormitory village outside of Shrewsbury; village green; ancient earthworks.
Bearstone
Bardestune: Turold from Earl Roger. Mill.
Moated site; Bearstone Mill nearby.
Beckbury
Becheberie: Roger Venator from Earl Roger.
Elizabethan Hall.
Bedstone
Betietetune: Picot from Earl Roger.
Quiet; Castle Ditches on Bedstone Hill; manor farm.
Belswardine
Belleurdine: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Hall, 1542.
Benthall
Benehale: Alward son of Elmund from Earl Roger.
Part of Greater Telford.
Berrington
Beritune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger; Church of St. Peter. Church.
Norman church; manor house, 1658.
Berwick (in Atcham)
Berewic: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Attingham Park nearby was owned by Lord Berwick in the 19th century.
Berwick (in Shrewsbury)
Berewic: Earl Roger.
Also known as Great Berwick; Georgian Berwick House.
Besford
Betford: Gerard from Earl Roger.

Beslow
Beteslauue: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Isolated farmhouse.
Betton (in Berrington)
Betune: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
Betton Strange and Betton Alkmere, 2 large houses.
Betton (in Norton in Hales)
Baitune: Gerard from Earl Roger. Mill.
On the River Tern; Betton Hall.
Bicton
Bichetone: Wiger from the Church of St. Chad.
Quiet; manor house.
Bishton
Bispetone: Norman from Earl Roger.
Bishton Manor House.
Bitterley
Buterlie: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger. Church.
Pretty; church with a Norman font.
Boreton
Burtune: Church of St. Peter before and after 1066.
Quiet.
Bouldon
Bolledone: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Quiet.
Bourton
Burtune: Church of St. Peter before and after 1066.
Manor house by Norman Shaw, 1870s.
Bratton
Brochetone: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.

Brockton (in Longford)
Brochetone: Richard from Earl Roger.
Adjoining Lilleshall.
Brockton (in Sheriff Hales)
Brotone:
Lost.
Brockton (in Stanton Long)
Broctune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
At crossroads; Norman castle mound
Brockton (in Sutton Maddock)
Broctone: Osbern FitzRichard from Earl Roger.
Overlooking industrial Telford.
Brogyntyn
Burtone: Madoc from Earl Roger.
Norman castle mound in the grounds of an early Georgian house.
Bromfield
Brunfelde: Church of St. Mary before and after 1066; Robert son of Wimarch, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.
Church.
Brompton (in Berrington)
Brantune: Robert FitzCorbet and Picot from Earl Roger.
Quiet; on the Severn.
Broom
Bruma: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger and Alfred from him.
Broom Farm near Hordley.
Broome
Brame: Earl Roger and Rainald the Sheriff from him.

Broseley
Bosle: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Decayed manufacturing town best known for its clay pipes. Matthew Boulton and James Watt erected the first steam engine here in 1766.
Broughton
Burtone / tune: Church of St. Mary; Church of St. Chad.
Scattered community; ruins of an old church in a field.
Bucknell (near Clun)
Buchehalle: Ralph de Mortimer and Helgot from him.
Norman motte; ancient earthworks in woods.
Buildwas
Beldewas: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066. Mill.
In 1135 Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, founded an abbey here; remains date from 1147.
Burford
Bureford: Osbern FitzRichard, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger. 2 mills, church.
On the Teme; church with some Norman work.
Burwarton
Burertone: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Hall.
Buttery
Buterel: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Buttery Farm.

Calverhall
Cavrahalle: Nigel from Earl Roger.
Also called Cloverley and Corra; medieval moated sites nearby.
Cantlop
Cantelop: Norman from Earl Roger. Mill.
Quiet; on Cound Brook.
Cardestone
Cartistune: Roger FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.

Cardington
Cardintune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Pretty; on a hillside.
Catsley
Cateschesleie: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Catsley Farm.
Cause
Alretone: Earl Roger and Roger FitzCorbet from him.
Earthworks of castle founded by Roger FitzCorbet. A Royalist garrison during the Civil War, it was besieged for 12 days by Parliamentary forces and then destroyed.
Caynham
Caiham: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger. Hill.
On Ledwyche Brook; Caynham Camp, an Iron Age hill-fort.
Charlcotte
Cerlecote: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Quiet; small manor house.
Charlton
Cerletone / itone:
Lost.
Chelmarsh
Celmeres: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Scattered; 13th century hall. Hugh de Mortimer built the chancel of the present church in c.1345.
Chelmick
Elmundewic: Hugh son of Turgis from Earl Roger.
Isolated.
Cheney Longville
Languefelle: Siward, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.
Farming; moated manor house.
Cherrington
Cerlintone: Gerard from Earl Roger.
Scattered. The half-timbered moated manor house, dated 1635, is supposed to be the original 'House that Jack built'.
Chesthill
Cesdille / Cestulle:
Lost.
Cheswardine
Ciseworde: Robert de Stratford and Gilbert from him.
Moated site.
Chetton
Catinton: Earl Roger. New mill.
Beautifully situated; mill downstream.
Chetwynd
Catewinde: Turold from Earl Roger. Mill, 2 fisheries (64 sticks of eels).
Chetwynd mansion and park, haunted by the ghost of Mrs Pigott (one of the family), who was killed in childbirth.
Child's Ercall
Arcalun: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Built up.
Chipnall
Ceppecanole: Robert de Stratford and Gilbert from him.
Large; includes Cheswardine Hall.
Chirbury
Cireberie: Earl Roger. 2 churches.
Compact; castle mound; nave and aisle of an Augustinian priory.
Choulton
Cautune: Robert FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.
On a hillside, overlooking the River Onny.
Church Preen
Prene: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Quiet; Preen Manor, built by Norman Shaw 1870-71 as an extension of an existing building.
Church Pulverbatch
Polrebec: Roger Venator from Earl Roger.
Motte of a Norman castle at Castle Pulverbatch nearby.
Claverley
Claverlege: Earl Roger. Mill.
Large; sprawling. The original fabric of a church built by Earl Roger is still visible.
Clee St. Margaret
Cleie: Helgot from Earl Roger. Mill.
On a hill; Clee Brook.
Cleestanton
Clee: Church of St. Milburga.

Cleobury Mortimer
Claiberie / Cleberie: Ralph de Mortimer, formerly Queen Edith. Mill (2 horseloads of corn).
Town with a fortress destroyed by Henry II c.1154 and rebuilt by the Mortimers; part of the castle remains.
Cleobury North
Claiberie / Cleberie: Roger de Lacy and Ulward from him. Mill.
Mill Farm.
Clunbury
Cluneberie: Picot from Earl Roger.
Quiet; on the River Clun.
Clungunford
Clone: Rainald the Sheriff and Picot from Earl Roger, formerly Gunward. 2 mills.
On the River Clun. The latter part of its name is a corruption of Gunward.
Clunton
Clutune: Picot from Earl Roger.

Cold Hatton
Hatune: Gerard from Earl Roger.
2 clusters of houses, Cold Hatton and Cold Hatton Heath.
Colemere
Colesmere: Norman from Earl Roger.
The mere from which it takes its name is part of a country park; rich agricultural land.
Condover
Conendovre: Earl Roger and Roger Venator, Osbern and Elward from him.
Large; late Norman church. The hall is the best Elizabethan house in Shropshire.
Coreley
Cornelie: Ralph de Mortimer.
Name of a large parish with many hill farms.
Corfham
Corfan: Earl Roger, formerly King Edward, with Church of St. Peter holding the church.
Castle remains.
Corfton
Cortune: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger.
Enclosed hunting wood. Remains of a medieval chapel; Elsich, a stone Elizabethan house.
Cosford
Costeford: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Airfield; museum; waterworks; wooded setting.
Coston
Cozetune: Picot from Earl Roger.
Coston Manor House.
Cothercott
Cotardictoe: Avenel from Earl Roger.
Hillside.
Coton (in Wem)
Cote: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Scattered community; hall in parkland.
Coton upon Tern
Ludecote: Ralph the Cook and Thochi from Earl Roger.
Coton Farm.
Cound
Cuneet: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. 2 mills.
On Cound Brook; hall, 1704, built for Edward Cressett (later Bishop of Llandaff).
Cressage
Cristesache: Ranulf Peverel from Earl Roger. Fishery.
Large; Severnside. St. Augustine of Canterbury is said to have found the district already Christian in c.600.
Cross Hill(s)
Corselle: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.

Crudgington
Crugetone: Robert Pincerna from Earl Roger. 4 fisheries.
On crossroads; by confluence of the Rivers Strine and Tern.
Culmington
Comintone: Earl Roger.
Quiet; Culmington Manor School nearby.

Dawley
Dalelie: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Part of Telford; originally a small medieval town.
Detton
Dodintone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Detton Hall.
Deuxhill
Dehocsele: Church of St. Milburga before and after 1066.

Dinthill
Duntune: Church of St. Almund before and after 1066.
Early Georgian Dinthill Hall.
Ditton Priors
Doden / Dodintone: Earl Roger and Roger de Lacy from him.
Stone-quarrying.
Doddington
Dodetune: Roger de Curcelle from Earl Roger.
Part of southern Whitchurch.
Donington
Donitone: Earl Roger. Mill (5 horseloads of corn).
Adjoining Albrighton; St. Cuthbert's Well, whose water is said to cure eye complaints; ancient pool nearby.
Dorrington
Derintune: William Malbedeng from Earl Roger.
Birthplace of John Boydell (1719-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London.
Dudston
Dudestune: Earl Roger.
Farmhouse; traces of a castle mound and ponds.