Birstall

Other current and historical names

Burstall
Burstelle
Burstele

Built-Up Area: Birstall
Parish/Community: Birstall
District/Borough: Charnwood
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'33"N 1°7'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 459588, 309049
OS Grid: SK595090
Mapcode Local: GBR FK2.NN
Mapcode Global: WHDJ4.RZTZ

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

Birstall in historic gazetteers

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

Birstall, township, Belgrave par., in N. of co. and 3¼ m. NE. of Leicester, pop. 487.

Birstall in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Buxton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 11 smallholders; 9 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 36 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Widard of Farlow (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

British Place Names

Birstall, Leicestershire

Birstall is a village in Leicestershire

Birstall in historic gazetteers

Birstall in the Domesday Book