Granby

Other current and historical names

Gran
Grenebi

Parish/Community: Granby
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°55'8"N 0°53'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 474955, 336324
OS Grid: SK749363
Mapcode Local: GBR BLY.YG3
Mapcode Global: WHFJ7.CW0J

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

Granby in historic gazetteers

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

Granby, par. and vil., S. Notts, 2½ miles NE. of Elton sta., 2420 ac., pop. 396; gives the title of marquis to the Duke of Rutland.

Granby in the Domesday Book

A village in Bingham hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 8 smallholders; 22 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 44 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Granby, Nottinghamshire

Granby is a village in Nottinghamshire

Granby in historic gazetteers

Granby in the Domesday Book