Diseworth

Other current and historical names

Diwort

Built-Up Area: Diseworth
Parish/Community: Long Whatton and Diseworth
District/Borough: North West Leicestershire
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'55"N 1°20'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 444629, 324414
OS Grid: SK446244
Mapcode Local: GBR 7HQ.J74
Mapcode Global: WHDHG.DHHH

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

Diseworth in historic gazetteers

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

Diseworth, par., N. Leicestershire, 6 miles NW. of Loughborough, 1880 ac., pop. 416; P.O.

Diseworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Lovet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Lovet
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

British Place Names

Diseworth, Leicestershire

Diseworth is a village in Leicestershire

Diseworth in historic gazetteers

Diseworth in the Domesday Book