Belgrave

Other current and historical names

Merdegrave

Built-Up Area: Leicester
Parish/Community: Leicester, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Leicester
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'26"N 1°7'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 459462, 307000
OS Grid: SK594070
Mapcode Local: GBR FK9.57
Mapcode Global: WHDJB.QGRK

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

Belgrave in historic gazetteers

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

Belgrave, par. and township, in N. of co. and 1 mile NE. of Leicester, on river Soar -- par., 3450 ac., pop. 8892; township, pop. 7260; P.O., T.O.

Belgrave in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 7 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 12 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Adeliza wife of Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adeliza wife of Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Belgrave, Leicester

Belgrave is a suburban area in Leicester, Leicester

Belgrave in historic gazetteers

Belgrave in the Domesday Book