The Domesday Book Online - Shropshire M-S

[home] [the domesday book] [background] [links] [FAQs] [glossary] [contact]

compiling the domesday book | contents | landowners | domesday history

Related Links

Glossary

Place name origins

Domesday landowners

How the Domesday Book was compiled

What information is in the Domesday Book?

How many Domesday places exist now?

Shropshire M-S

Madeley
Madelie: Church of St. Milburga before and after 1066.
Town with a grange built by the priors of Much Wenlock, probably in the 13th century. It was a thriving iron-manufacturing centre in the 19th century, and home of the industrialist Abraham Darby from 1709 until his death in 1717.
Maesbrook
Meresbroc: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Area with many Welsh place names.
Maesbury
Meresberie: Earl Roger and Rainald the Sheriff from him. Oswestry castle (built by Rainald), church.
Scattered communities.
Market Drayton
Draitune: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Town with fine 18th century buildings; well known for the manufacture of horse-hair for chairs in the 19th century.
Marchamley
Marcemeslei: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Overlooking wooded Hawkstone Park.
Marrington
Meritune: Robert FitzCorbet.
Isolated; on the River Camlad; Marrington Hall.
Marton
Mertune: Edward from the Church of St. Chad, who held it before and after 1066.
Close to the Welsh border. Thomas Bray, who was instrumental in founding the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, was born at Marton Crest, 1656.
Mawley
Melela: Ralph de Mortimer.
Mawley Hall c.1730, set in parkland; Mawleytown Farm.
Meadowley
Madolea: Helgot from Earl Roger.

Melverley
Melevrlei: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
On the River Vyrnwy at the Welsh border.
Meole Brace
Melam / Mela: Ralph de Mortimer and Church of St. Mary from him. Mill.
Suburb of Shrewsbury.
Merrington
Gellidone: Picot from Earl Roger.
Medieval shape; large green; ponds.
Middlehope
Mildehope: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger.
On Wenlock Edge; remains of a large motte and bailey castle.
Middleton (in Bitterley)
Middeltone: William Pantulf from Earl Roger. Mill.
Norman church.
Middleton (in Chirbury)
Mildetune: Robert FitzCorbet and Ertein, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.
Isolated on a hilltop; many prehistoric standing stones.
Middleton
Scriven Middeltone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.

Millichope
Melicope: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Upper Millichope Farm, a 14th century stone-built tower house, was probably the manor house.
Milson
Mulstone: Osbern FitzRichard.
Orchards; Norman church; manor farm.
Minsterley
Menistrelie: Earl Roger and Roger FitzCorbet from him.
Busy.
Minton
Munetune: Picot from Earl Roger. Enclosed hunting wood.
The arrangement of cottages and gardens around a green suggests a Saxon settlement; Saxon castle mound.
Montford
Maneford: Roger from Earl Roger. ½ fishery.
Quiet; Severnside.
Moreton Corbet
Mortone: Turold from Earl Roger.
Ruins of an Elizabethan house, incorporating parts of an earlier castle.
Moreton Say
Mortune: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger.
Clive of India (1725-74) was born at nearby Styche Hall.
Morton (in Oswestry)
Mortune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Straggling.
Morville
Membrefelde: Earl Roger with Church of St. Peter, Shrewsbury holding the church and Richard the Butler and the earl's chaplains from Earl Roger. Mill.
Elizabethan Morville Hall; church with many Norman features including a font and door ironwork.
Moston
Mostune: Roger Venator from Earl Roger.

Myddle
Mulleht: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Circular stair turret of castle. Richard Gough's History of Myddle is a graphic chronicle of the village in the 17th century.
Myndtown
Munete: Picot from Earl Roger.
Under the Long Mynd cliffs; many tumuli.
Mytton
Mutone: Church of St. Mary and Picot from the church.
On the Severn.

Neen Savage
Neen: Ralph de Mortimer and Ingelrann from him. Mill.
Papermaking was once a flourishing local industry.
Neen Sol(l)ars
Nene: Osbern FitzRichard and Siward, the pre-Conquest holder, from him. Mill.
Between the Mill Brook and River Rea; weir.
Neenton
Newentone: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
On the River Rea.
Netley
Netelie: Earl Roger.
Netley Hall in parkland; Netley Old Hall, a country house; Higher, Side and Lower Netley Farms; earthwork.
Norton (in Aston Botterell)
Nortone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Farmhouse.
Norton (in Condover)
Nortune: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Norton Farm.
Norton in Hales
Nortune: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Large; on the Staffordshire border.

Oaks
Hach: Robert FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.

Obley
Obelie: Picot from Earl Roger.
Isolated; sheep-farming country.
Oldbury
Aldeberie: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Mill.
Growing; Daniel's Mill; castle mound.
Onibury
Aneberie: Bishop of Hereford before and after 1066 and Roger de Lacy from him.
Norman church.
Onneley
Anelege: William Malbedeng from Earl Roger.

Onslow
Andreslaue:
Lost.
Onslow (near Ford)
Andrelau: Church of St. Chad before and after 1066.
Hall, 1820.
Osbaston
Sbernestune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.

Oswestry
Luure: Earl Roger and Rainald the Sheriff from him. Church, castle.
Town with the mound of the castle built by Rainald, and Old Oswestry, a huge Iron Age hill-fort. Canon Spooner was educated at the Grammar School about 450 years after its foundation in 1407.
Overs
Ovre: Siward, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.

Overton
Ovretone: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Quiet.
Oxenbold
Oxibola: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Great and Little Oxenbold, farmhouses.

Patton
Patintune: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger.

Peplow
Papelau: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Georgian Peplow Hall, home of the eccentric millionaire philanthropist Francis Stanier (d.1900).
Petton
Pectone: Robert Pincerna from Earl Roger.
Medieval castle mound; moat nearby.
Pickthorn
Pichetorne:
Lost.
Pitchford
Piceforde: Turold from Earl Roger.
16th century hall, possibly Britain's finest black and white house, is on the site of an earlier manor house.
Plaish
Plesham: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger.
Pla(i)sh Hall, built c.1540.
Polmere
Pole: Alward son of Elmund from Earl Roger.

Pontesbury
Pantesberie: Roger FitzCorbet from Earl Roger. Mill (corn-rent).
Small town since the 16th century; prehistoric hill-forts on Pontesbury Hill; castle mounds.
Poynton
Peventone: Ulviet, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.
The wall of a medieval chapel is incorporated into a farm outbuilding.
Prees
Pres: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066 and Anschitil and Fulcher from him.
Large; spread out; manor house.
Preston Brockhurst
Preston(e): Turold; Gerard from Earl Roger.
Green.
Preston Gubbals
Prestone: Church of St. Almund before and after 1066 and Godebold from the church.
Named after Godebold the priest, one of Earl Roger's men.
Preston Montford
Prestone / tune: Church of St. Almund before and after 1066; Roger FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.
Severnside; early 18th century hall.
Preston upon the Weald Moors
Prestune: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.
Flat country.
Priest Weston
Westune: Robert FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.
In moorland; on the Welsh border; many cairns and standing stones.
Pulestone
Plivesdon: Turold from Earl Roger.
Chetwynd Park.
Pulley
Polelie: Teodulf from Earl Roger; Ralph de Mortimer.
Near Bayston Hill.
Purslow
Posselau: Picot from Earl Roger.
On a crossroads; hall.

Quatford
Quatford: Earl Roger.
Large; Norman church, founded by Earl Roger at the request of his 2nd wife, the Countess Adeliza; castle mound nearby. The Danish ford farm from which the village takes its name still survives.
Quatt
Quatone: Outi, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger. Mill.
Early 18th century Dower House.

Ratlinghope
Roetelingehope: Robert FitzCorbet from Earl Roger.
Isolated; in wild country; hill-forts; manor house.
Rhiston
Ristune: Elward from Earl Roger.
Near Offa's Dyke.
Rodington
Rodintone: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Church, mill.
On the River Roden; church, 1851.
Romsley
Rameslege: Walter from Earl Roger.
On the Staffordshire/Worcestershire border.
Rorrington
Roritune: Roger and Robert, sons of Corbet, from Earl Roger.
Hillside; castle mound.
Rossall
Rosela: Church of St. Chad.
Rossal Grange, 1677, overlooking the Severn.
Rowton (in Alberbury)
Rutune: Alward son of Elmund from Earl Roger.
Gothicised Queen Anne mansion (1809-12) on the site of a medieval castle.
Rowton (in Ercall Magna)
Routone: Eddiet from Earl Roger.
Birthplace of Dr. Richard Baxter (1615-91), the eminent divine.
Rudge
Rigge: Ralph from Earl Roger.
Rudge Hall; on the Staffordshire border.
Rushbury
Riseberie: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger. Mill, falcon's eyrie.
Attractive; Norman church with material from a nearby Roman station; timber-framed manor house.
Ruthall
Rohalle: Gerard from Earl Roger.
Secluded.
Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns
Ruitone: Odo from Earl Roger. 5 fisheries.
Castle ruins.
Ryton
Ruitone: Osbern FitzRichard from Earl Roger. Mill.
Pretty.

Sambrook
Semebre: Turold from Earl Roger. Mill.
Quiet; mill.
Sandford
Sandord: Gerard. Enclosed hunting wood.
Compact; early 18th century hall; ponds; castle mound.
Shavington
Savintune: Nigel from Earl Roger.
Hall, 1685, in vast grounds on the Cheshire border; moated site.
Shawbury
Sawesberie: Gerard from Earl Roger.
Church, mill. Large; adjoining airfield; late Norman church nearby.
Sheet
Setham: Ralph de Mortimer and Ingelrann from him.

Sheinton
Sc(h)entune: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger. Mill.
In the Severn valley.
Shelton
Saltone: Bishop of Chester and Church of St. Chad from him.
On the outskirts of Shrewsbury.
Sheriff Hales
Halam / Halas: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger. Mill.
Pond near the site of the medieval manor house.
Shifnall
Iteshale: Robert FitzTetbald from Earl Roger.
Small town, once a Georgian coaching town.
Shipley
Sciplei: Ralph from Earl Roger.

Shipton
Scipetune: Church of St. Milburga before and after 1066.
Tiny; hall, 1587.
Shrawardine
Saleurdine: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Masonry from a medieval keep dismantled by the Roundheads in 1645.
Shrewsbury
Ciropesberie: Earl Roger.
County town, an important military centre until the Civil War and a leading trading centre for wool and cloth. The medieval street plan remains; many timber-framed buildings.
Sibdon Carwood
Sibetune: Picot from Earl Roger.
Isolated; 17th century castle.
Sidbury
Sudberie: Ralph de Mortimer from Earl Roger.

Siefton
Sireton: Earl Roger.
Orchards; ponds.
Sleapa
Eslepe: William Pantulf from Earl Roger.
Farmhouse on the edge of an airfield.
Smethcott
Smerecote: Edmund, the pre-Conquest holder, from Earl Roger.
Castle mound.
Soulton
Suletune: Church of St. Michael.
Soulton Hall, 1668.
Spoonley
Sponelege: Nigel from Earl Roger.

Stanton Lacy
Stantone: Roger de Lacy and Richard, Azelin, Roger and Auti from him; Church of St. Peter. Church, 3 mills.
Mainly Saxon church.
Stanton
Stantune: Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger and Herbert from him; Helgot from Earl Roger. Castle, church.
Now 2 villages: Holdgate which has a castle mound, the remains of a castle built by Helgot; and Stanton Long, which has developed since the 13th century.
Stanton upon Hine Heath
Stantune: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger and Richard from him. Church, mill. Smith.
Early Norman church; 2 mills; Forge coppice across the River Roden.
Stanwardine in the Fields
Staurdine: Robert Pincerna from Earl Roger.

Stanway
Staneweie: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Late Victorian Stanway Manor House.
Stapleton
Hundeslit: Roger FitzCorbet and Alward from Earl Roger.
Norman castle mound; Tudor house on a medieval stone plinth.
Steel
Stile: Roger de Curcelle from Earl Roger.
Steel Heath.
Stepple
Steple: Ralph de Mortimer and Goisfrid from him.
Stepple Hall.
Steventon
Scevintone: Helgot from Earl Roger.
Jacobean manor house.
Stockton
Stochetone: Gerard from Earl Roger.

Stoke St. Milborough
Godestoch: Church of St. Milburga from Earl Roger.
Church; ancient well; named after the Saxon saint, Milburga.
Stokesay
Stoches: Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Fortified manor house built by Laurence de Ludlow, a wealthy clothier, in 1290. Undamaged by the Civil War, it is one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain.
Stoke upon Tern
Stoche(s): Roger de Lacy from Earl Roger. Church, mill.
Victorian church; manor house with earthworks and ponds.
Stottesdon
Stodesdone: Earl Roger. Mill.
Quiet; church with a Saxon doorway and early Norman tower and font.
Strefford
Straford: Rainald the Sheriff from Earl Roger.
Strefford Hall.
Stretton
Stratun(e): Earl Roger. Church, mill, 5 enclosed hunting woods.
Now All Stretton, a village, Little Stretton, a hamlet, and Church Stretton.
Sutton (near Shrewsbury)
Sudtone: Church of St. Milburga before and after 1066.
Outer suburb of Shrewsbury, spring dispensing metallic-tasting water.
Sutton Maddock
Sudtone: Gerard from Earl Roger.
Quiet; Severnside.
Sutton upon Tern
Sudtone: Roger de Curcelle from Earl Roger. Mill.