Grandborough

Other current and historical names

Graneberge
Greneberge

Parish/Community: Grandborough
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'53"N 1°16'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 449060, 266902
OS Grid: SP490669
Mapcode Local: GBR 7Q0.ST6
Mapcode Global: VHCV3.QHLM

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

Grandborough in historic gazetteers

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

Grandborough, par. and vil., E. Warwickshire, on river Leam, 5 miles S. of Rugby, 4100 ac., pop. 425; P.O.

Grandborough in the Domesday Book

A village in Marton hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Coventry St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 11 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs (17 plough lands)
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard the forester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard the forester
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Grandborough, Warwickshire

Grandborough is a village in Warwickshire

Grandborough in historic gazetteers

Grandborough in the Domesday Book