Mansel Lacy Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.095°N -2.84°W
Official Name:Mansel Lacy
Population:139
Population Ref:[1]
Unitary England:Herefordshire
Lieutenancy England:Herefordshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Hereford and South Herefordshire
Post Town:HEREFORD
Postcode District:HR4
Postcode Area:HR
Dial Code:01981
Os Grid Reference:SO425455

Mansel Lacy (alternatively spelled Mansell Lacy) is a small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is north west of Hereford, close to the A480 road.

The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 139.

The church of St Michael and All Angels dates from between the 11th and 13th centuries.[2]

Mansel Lacy was the overall winner of Herefordshire in the 2008 Calor Village of the Year competition.[3]

History

Mansel Lacy is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter (Sawyer: 1469) from c. 1045, half a hide of which is bought as an estate.[4] [5] It appears as Mælueshylle, probably meaning 'hill on which the mallow grows' from Old English malu + hyll.[6]

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.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Census: Usual resident population estimates by five-year age group for Parishes in Herefordshire . . . 2012 . xls . 2014-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202194847/http://factsandfigures.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Research/Current_Hfds_small_area_popn_ests.xls . 2014-02-02 .
  2. Web site: Mansel Lacy Church at Herefordshire Churches . 29 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218214851/http://www.visitherefordshirechurches.co.uk/mansel_lacy.aspx . 18 February 2011 . dead .
  3. http://www.mansellacy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/fnautumnr08pdf.pdf The Foxley New (Autumn 2008)
  4. Web site: S 1469. The Electronic Sawyer. King's College London. 8 August 2016.
  5. Book: Anglo-Saxon Charters. 1939. CUP Archive. 186–187.
  6. Web site: Herefordshire Placenames M . Lockie . Mel . 8 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Mansell [Lacy] | Domesday Book|website=Open Domesday].