Bitteswell

Other current and historical names

Betmeswelle
Betmeswel

Built-Up Area: Lutterworth
Parish/Community: Bitteswell with Bittesby
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'53"N 1°12'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 453500, 285500
OS Grid: SP535855
Mapcode Local: GBR 8PG.KWR
Mapcode Global: VHCTC.X93T

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

Bitteswell in historic gazetteers

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

Bitteswell, par., S. Leicestershire, 1 mile NW. of Lutterworth, 2630 ac., pop. 364; P.O.; contains seat of Bitteswell Hall.

Bitteswell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bitteswell (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bitteswell (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1070; 1 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Bitteswell, Leicestershire

Bitteswell is a settlement in Lutterworth, Leicestershire

Bitteswell in historic gazetteers

Bitteswell in the Domesday Book