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Pitchford takes its name from a bituminous spring/pitch in the village, located near The Row Brook.
Pitchford Hall is Grade I listed building and the estate is first referred to in historical records in the Domesday Book (1081–86) as follows: “Edric, and Leofric and Wulfric held it as thress manors; they were free. 3 hides which pay tax. Land for 5 ploughs. In lordship 3; 3 slaves; 3 ploughmen; 1 village; 3 smallholders, a smith and rider with 2 ploughs. Woodland for fattening 100 pigs. Value before 1066, 8s later 16s; now 40s. Records suggest a medieval manor house existed somewhere on the site from at least 1284 to 1431
Location: located between Cantlop and Acton Burnell and stands on an affluent of the River Severn.
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- Landmark