Parishes of
the Union

• Aston Botterell
• Bayton
• Cleobury Mortimer
• Coreley
• Farlow
• Highley
• Hopton Wafers
• Kinlet
• Loughton
• Mamble
• Milson
• Neen Savage
• Neen Sollars
• Rock
• Silvington
• Stottesdon
• Wheathill
• Woodhouse



~ Paupers of the Cleobury Mortimer Union ~

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MAMBLE

This is the only known place with the name Mamble. It is very old: traces of a Roman aqueduct and pavement were found, along with an entire brick-kiln. It is found as ‘Momela’ in the late tenth century, ‘Mamele’ in Domesday, and ‘Momele’ in 1275. The derivation is not known but is unlikely to be from ME ‘mamelen’ to talk nonsense. In 1870, only two people owned the land. The area is mainly agricultural, but coal mining was important form the fourteenth century until 1972. A canal was dug in the early 1790s from Leominster to transport coal, but proved to be unprofitable and was closed in 1859.