Bisbrooke

Other current and historical names

Bisbrook
Pysbroke
Bitlesbroch

Parish/Community: Bisbrooke
Unitary Authority: Rutland
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'15"N 0°41'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 488466, 299675
OS Grid: SP884996
Mapcode Local: GBR CSL.QYG
Mapcode Global: WHGM6.87Z1

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

Bisbrooke in historic gazetteers

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

Bisbrooke, par. and seat, SW. Rutland, 1½ mile E. of Uppingham, 720 ac., pop. 268.

Bisbrooke in the Domesday Book

A village in Witchley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (farmed royal manor)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Bisbrooke, Rutland

Bisbrooke is a village in Rutland

Bisbrooke in historic gazetteers

Bisbrooke in the Domesday Book