Edmondthorpe

Other current and historical names

Edmerestorp

Parish/Community: Wymondham
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°44'57"N 0°44'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 485593, 317605
OS Grid: SK855176
Mapcode Local: GBR CQM.MD9
Mapcode Global: WHFK8.P5Z4

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

Edmondthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Edmondthorpe, par. and seat, N. Leicestershire, 7 miles SE. of Melton Mowbray, 1753 ac., pop. 209.

Edmondthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 27 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £13 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 4 smallholders; 15 freemen; 4 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 300 acres

British Place Names

Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire

Edmondthorpe is a village in Leicestershire

Edmondthorpe in historic gazetteers

Edmondthorpe in the Domesday Book