Oldbury

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Oldbury is a village in Oldbury (Shropshire), Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Aldeberie

Built-Up Area: Oldbury (Shropshire)
Parish/Community: Bridgnorth
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'28"N 2°25'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 371047, 291949
OS Grid: SO710919
Mapcode Local: GBR BY.G4XR
Mapcode Global: VH83H.VTP0

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

Oldbury in historic gazetteers

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

Oldbury, par. and vil., Shropshire, 1 mile SW. of Bridgnorth, 808 ac., pop. 257; P.O.

Oldbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward son of Almund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Costentin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 13 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 cottagers; 7 slaves; 3 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Oldbury, Shropshire

Oldbury is a village in Oldbury (Shropshire), Shropshire

Oldbury in historic gazetteers

Oldbury in the Domesday Book