Gaulby

Other current and historical names

Galby

Parish/Community: Gaulby
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'8"N 0°58'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 469391, 301006
OS Grid: SK693010
Mapcode Local: GBR 9PC.ZST
Mapcode Global: WHFKQ.YVZ9

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

Gaulby in historic gazetteers

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

Galby, par. and township, S. Leicester, 2 m. SW. of Billesdon -- par., 1170 ac., pop. 107; township, pop. 88.

Gaulby in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Hugh Burdet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 13 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 2 smallholders; 11 freemen; 5 slaves; 2 female slaves; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 9 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Gaulby, Leicestershire

Gaulby is a village in Leicestershire

Gaulby in historic gazetteers

Gaulby in the Domesday Book