Catthorpe

Other current and historical names

Calthorpe
Torp

Parish/Community: Catthorpe
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'55"N 1°11'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 455338, 278179
OS Grid: SP553781
Mapcode Local: GBR 8Q9.LF6
Mapcode Global: VHCTL.CY7Y

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

Catthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Catthorpe, par., S. Leicestershire, on border of co. and on river Avon, 3½ miles S. of Lutterworth, 625 ac., pop. 137; P.O.; contains Catthorpe Towers.

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

Calthorpe (Leicestershire). See CATTHORPE.

Catthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Catthorpe, Leicestershire

Catthorpe is a village in Leicestershire

Catthorpe in historic gazetteers

Catthorpe in the Domesday Book