Mansel Lacy
| Mansel Lacy | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Cottage in Mansel Lacy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO425456 |
| Location: | 52°6’21"N, 2°50’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 139 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hereford |
| Postcode: | HR4 |
| Dialling code: | 01981 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hereford and South Herefordshire |
Mansel Lacy (alternatively spelled Mansell Lacy) is a small village in Herefordshire. It is located seven miles north-west of Hereford, close to the A480 road.
The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 139.
Church
The parish church is St Michael and All Angels, which dates from between the 11th and 13th centuries.[1]
History
Mansel Lacy is mentioned in a surviving Anglo-Saxon charter from c. 1045, in which half a hide of which is bought as an estate.[2][3] It appears in the charter as Mælueshylle, probably meaning 'hill on which the mallow grows' from Old English malu hyll.[4]
The village has two entries in the Domesday Book (1086) as Malveselle in the hundred of Stepleset. It is quite small with only 11 households yet is assessed for a relatively large amount of tax of 5 geld units.[5]
References
- ↑ Mansel Lacy Church at Herefordshire Churches
- ↑ "S 1469". King's College London. http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/1469.html. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Charters. CUP Archive. 1939. pp. 186–187. https://books.google.com/books?id=zdY5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3.
- ↑ Lockie, Mel. "Herefordshire Placenames M". http://www.melocki.org.uk/places/M.html. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Mansell [Lacy] | Domesday Book". http://opendomesday.org/place/SO4245/mansell-lacy/.
