Some History of the Village of Pulverbatch

Pulverbatch has a recorded history going back to before the Norman conquest of Britain. The manor of Pulverbatch held of Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1086 was by the end of the 12th century the caput of the barony of Pulverbatch and was subsequentlv held of the Crown in chief. Held as three manors by Hunnic and Ulviet before the Conquest, it had been granted by 1086 to Earl Roger’s huntsman Roger the huntsman.

Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, was overlord of Wrentnall manor in 1086 and, as at Pulverbatch, Roger the huntsman was his tenant. The estate was said to have been held before the Conquest as two manors by Ernui and Chetel, but they may have been merely under-tenants, for it was reported in 1086 that three-quarters of the manor had once belonged to the Church of St. Chad, Shrewsburv. The Church never regained possession and the estate was subsequently merged with the manor of Pulverbatch.

The overlordship of the manors of Cothercott and Wilderley vested in Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, by 1086, was annexed in the early 12th century to the Honor of Montgomery, but by 1215 the Abbot of Haughmond, as tenant of the two manors, had been released from all services due to the overlord except scutage.

Click here to find specific pages containing details of people and places of historic local interest or check out the old photos of historic Pulverbatch.

An extract from the Victoria County History of Shropshire, giving the history of the parish, is available here as a downloadable .pdf file.

Taken from Tom Thorne's history of Pulverbatch during the second world war, is this account of the Pulverbatch Home Guard.