Lydham, Shropshire

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Lydham is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Lidum

Parish/Community: Lydham
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'54"N 2°58'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 333604, 291256
OS Grid: SO336912
Mapcode Local: GBR B7.GM1G
Mapcode Global: VH75Y.91JR

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

Lydham in historic gazetteers

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

Lydham, township and vil. (ry. sta. Lydham Heath), Shropshire, and par., partly also in Montgomeryshire - par., 3068 ac., pop. 176; township, 1943 ac., pop. 116; vil., 2 miles NE. of Bishops Castle.

Lydham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the wild
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £14 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 priest; 7 other
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 1

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Lydham, Shropshire

Lydham is a village in Shropshire

Lydham in historic gazetteers

Lydham in the Domesday Book