Cotesbach

Other current and historical names

Cottesbach
Cotesbece

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°26'2"N 1°12'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 453626, 282067
OS Grid: SP536820
Mapcode Local: GBR 8PW.68R
Mapcode Global: VHCTK.X2SX

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

Cotesbach in historic gazetteers

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

Cottesbach, par., S. Leicestershire, 2 miles SW. of Lutterworth, 1227 ac., pop. 138; P.O., called Cotesbach; contains Cottesbach House.

Cotesbach 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: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfbert of Cotesbach (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 men
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Cotesbach, Leicestershire

Cotesbach is a village in Leicestershire

Cotesbach in historic gazetteers

Cotesbach in the Domesday Book