Gaddesby

Other current and historical names

Gadesbi
Gadesbie

Built-Up Area: Gaddesby
Parish/Community: Gaddesby
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'35"N 0°59'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 468683, 312941
OS Grid: SK686129
Mapcode Local: GBR 9N6.3TS
Mapcode Global: WHFKB.V46Y

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

Gaddesby in historic gazetteers

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

Gaddesby, par., N. Leicestershire, 6 miles SW. of Melton Mowbray, 1657 ac., pop. 241; P.O.; contains Gaddesby Hall.

Gaddesby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Feggi (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Othenkar son of Alnoth (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 0.5, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Gaddesby, Leicestershire

Gaddesby is a village in Leicestershire

Gaddesby in historic gazetteers

Gaddesby in the Domesday Book