Astley

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Astley is a village in Worcestershire

Other current and historical names

Eslei

Parish/Community: Astley and Dunley
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'37"N 2°18'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 379264, 268091
OS Grid: SO792680
Mapcode Local: GBR 0CB.5X3
Mapcode Global: VH925.Z6H3

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

Astley in historic gazetteers

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

Astley, par., W. Worcestershire, on river Severn, 3½ miles S. of Stourport, 2958 ac., pop. 797. A Benedictine priory was founded here in the time of William the Conqueror.

Astley in the Domesday Book

A village in Doddingtree hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernsi son of Aldgyth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Evreux (subinfeudated); Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £8 10/- in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 18 smallholders; 7 slaves; 1 priest; 2 burgesses; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 18 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4, value £1 10/-
- Other resources: 1 salthouse

British Place Names

Astley, Worcestershire

Astley is a village in Worcestershire

Astley in historic gazetteers

Astley in the Domesday Book