Congerstone

Other current and historical names

Congerston
Cuningestone
Bilstone

Parish/Community: Shackerstone
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'43"N 1°27'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 436819, 305426
OS Grid: SK368054
Mapcode Local: GBR 6JC.4CS
Mapcode Global: WHDJ5.LR8X

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

Congerstone in historic gazetteers

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

Congerston, par., S. Leicestershire, 3 miles NW. of Market Bosworth, 1020 ac., pop. 132.

Congerstone in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Livet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Congerstone, Leicestershire

Congerstone is a village in Leicestershire

Congerstone in historic gazetteers

Congerstone in the Domesday Book