Cosby

Other current and historical names

Cosbi
Cossebi

Built-Up Area: Cosby
Parish/Community: Cosby
District/Borough: Blaby
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'57"N 1°11'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 454807, 294924
OS Grid: SP548949
Mapcode Local: GBR 8NJ.557
Mapcode Global: VHCT0.85KZ

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

Cosby in historic gazetteers

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

Cosby, par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles SW. of Leicester, 2550 ac., pop. 1004; P.O.

Cosby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn of Oadby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 26 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave; 3 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi of Aylestone
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Meulan
- Taxable Value: 1 geld

British Place Names

Cosby, Leicestershire

Cosby is a village in Leicestershire

Cosby in historic gazetteers

Cosby in the Domesday Book