Fleckney

Other current and historical names

Flechenie
Flechenio

Built-Up Area: Fleckney
Parish/Community: Fleckney
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'6"N 1°2'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 464930, 293469
OS Grid: SP649934
Mapcode Local: GBR 9Q8.0TG
Mapcode Global: VHCT2.VJBW

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

Fleckney in historic gazetteers

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

Fleckney, par., S. Leicester, on Union Canal, 7 m. NW. of Market Harborough, 1630 ac., pop. 770; P.O.

Fleckney in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin Alfrith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Fleckney, Leicestershire

Fleckney is a village in Leicestershire

Fleckney in historic gazetteers

Fleckney in the Domesday Book