Dishley

Other current and historical names

Dislea
Dexleia
Dishley Cum Thorpacre

Built-Up Area: Loughborough
Parish/Community: Charnwood, unparished area
District/Borough: Charnwood
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'45"N 1°14'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 451726, 320453
OS Grid: SK517204
Mapcode Local: GBR 8KL.LPT
Mapcode Global: WHDHQ.0DCR

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

Dishley in historic gazetteers

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

Dishley cum Thorpacre, par., N. Leicestershire. 1½ mile NW. of Loughborough, 890 ac., pop. 212.

Dishley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin of Shepshed (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 1 smallholder; 16 freemen
- Plough Teams: 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £40 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 13 smallholders; 1 slave; 2 female slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (80 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ furlongs

British Place Names

Dishley, Leicestershire

Dishley is a suburban area in Loughborough, Leicestershire

Dishley in historic gazetteers

Dishley in the Domesday Book