Cosgrove

Other current and historical names

Covesgrave
The Green
Green, The

Built-Up Area: Cosgrove
Parish/Community: Cosgrove
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'34"N 0°50'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 479097, 242619
OS Grid: SP790426
Mapcode Local: GBR BY8.W1D
Mapcode Global: VHDSZ.82FM

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

Cosgrove in historic gazetteers

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

Cosgrove, par. and vil., S. Northamptonshire, 1½ mile N. of Stony Stratford, 1760 ac., pop. 636; P.O.; contains Cosgrove Hall and Cosgrove Priory.

Cosgrove in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Winemar of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Winemar of Flanders
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 13 shillings
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers

British Place Names

Cosgrove, Northamptonshire

Cosgrove is a village in Northamptonshire

Cosgrove in historic gazetteers

Cosgrove in the Domesday Book