Cranoe

Other current and historical names

Crau
Craweho
Glooston

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'7"N 0°53'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 475500, 295500
OS Grid: SP755955
Mapcode Local: GBR BRD.Y2G
Mapcode Global: VHDQM.K3GW

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

Cranoe in historic gazetteers

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

Cranoe, par., S. Leicestershire, 5 miles NE. of Market Harborough, 990 ac., pop. 106.

Cranoe in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Azo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Cranoe, Leicestershire

Cranoe is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Cranoe in historic gazetteers

Cranoe in the Domesday Book