Gilmorton

Other current and historical names

Mortone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'12"N 1°9'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 457132, 287985
OS Grid: SP571879
Mapcode Local: GBR 8PC.1JV
Mapcode Global: VHCT6.VR2H

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

Gilmorton in historic gazetteers

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

Gilmorton, par., S. Leicestershire, 3 miles NE. of Lutterworth, 3143 ac., pop. 644; P.O.

Gilmorton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric son of Mergeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Vessey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 14 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 24 freemen; 1 slave; 4 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)

British Place Names

Gilmorton, Leicestershire

Gilmorton is a village in Leicestershire

Gilmorton in historic gazetteers

Gilmorton in the Domesday Book