by James Lawson | Nov 5, 2024 | History
Marsley Farm – The Valley of Gatten, Part 3 By James Lawson Marsley Farm The Stiperstones Forest was a royal hunting forest in the late Saxon period. It is unmentioned by name in Domesday Book but at Marseteleie, now represented by Marsley Farm in Habberley...
by James Lawson | Sep 23, 2024 | History
Pollardine – The Valley of Gatten, Part 2 By James Lawson Pollardine Pollardine was until the early seventeenth century a detached part of the manor of Pontesbury and not part of the Gatten estate. In the later Middle ages it was owned by the Greys, Lords of...
by James Lawson | Sep 9, 2024 | History
The Valley of Gatten By James Lawson The Valley of Gatten Gatten is not mentioned in Domesday and it subsequently transpires that it was originally in the manor of Wentnor and later in the parish of Ratlinghope. In which case in Domesday it was owned by Roger Corbet...