English Frankton, formerly known simply as Frankton, is a small village in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
, England. It lies between the villages of
Cockshutt and
Loppington
Loppington is a village and Civil parish, parish in Shropshire, England, situated a few miles west of Wem. The population of the parish (2001) is 576 and there are 206 households. The population as of the 2011 census was 611.
Loppington was rec ...
, in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of Cockshutt, and south-east of
Ellesmere.
The name Frankton probably originated as "Francas's field".
[Raven, M. ''A Guide to Shropshire'', 2005, p.78] It was recorded in
Domesday
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
as ''Franchetone'', when it was held by Rainald the Sheriff from
Earl Roger.
[Hinde, T. ''The Domesday Book'', Crown, 1985, p.227] Domesday also noted that the manor contained one
carruca The carruca or caruca was a kind of heavy plow important to medieval agriculture in Northern Europe. The carruca used a heavy iron plowshare to turn heavy soil and may have required a team of eight oxen. The carruca also bore a coulter and moldboa ...
, along with three
villein
A villein, otherwise known as ''cottar'' or ''crofter'', is a serf tied to the land in the feudal system. Villeins had more rights and social status than those in slavery, but were under a number of legal restrictions which differentiated them ...
s and two bordarii.
See also
*
Welsh Frankton
*
Lower Frankton
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
References
External links
Villages in Shropshire
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