Barlestone

Other current and historical names

Barleston
Barlston
Berulvestone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'50"N 1°22'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 442780, 305707
OS Grid: SK427057
Mapcode Local: GBR 7KT.2MS
Mapcode Global: WHDJ6.YQ69

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

Barlestone in historic gazetteers

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

Barleston, or Barlston, township, in par. and 2½ miles NE. of Market Bosworth, S. Leicestershire, 1039 ac., pop. 708; has hosiery mfrs.

Barlestone in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); Arnold of Sileby (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

British Place Names

Barlestone, Leicestershire

Barlestone is a village in Leicestershire

Barlestone in historic gazetteers

Barlestone in the Domesday Book