Bagworth

Other current and historical names

Bageworde

Built-Up Area: Bagworth
Parish/Community: Bagworth & Thornton
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'4"N 1°20'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 444751, 308008
OS Grid: SK447080
Mapcode Local: GBR 7KG.Q42
Mapcode Global: WHDJ7.D68G

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bagworth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bagworth in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bagworth, township with ry. sta., Thornton par., S. Leicestershire, 5 miles NE. of Market Bosworth, pop. 604; P.O. The seat of Bosworth Park is adjacent.

Bagworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi of Aylestone
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Bagworth, Leicestershire

Bagworth is a village in Leicestershire

Bagworth in historic gazetteers

Bagworth in the Domesday Book