Leighton, Shropshire

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Leighton is a village in Shropshire

Parish/Community: Leighton and Eaton Constantine
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'42"N 2°34'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 361397, 305419
OS Grid: SJ613054
Mapcode Local: GBR BR.6KHM
Mapcode Global: WH9D7.GSG2

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

Leighton in historic gazetteers

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

Leighton, par. and vil., Shropshire, on river Severn, 3½ miles NW. of Much Wenlock, 2151 ac., pop. 298; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Leighton Hall.

Leighton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 priest; 7 other
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

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Leighton, Shropshire

Leighton is a village in Shropshire

Leighton in historic gazetteers

Leighton in the Domesday Book