Kelmarsh

Other current and historical names

Keilmerse
Cailmarc

Parish/Community: Kelmarsh
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'22"N 0°55'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 473672, 279244
OS Grid: SP736792
Mapcode Local: GBR BT9.2M9
Mapcode Global: VHDR6.1S96

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

Kelmarsh in historic gazetteers

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

Kelmarsh, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, 5 miles S. of Market Harborough, 2751 ac., pop. 209; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of K. Hall.

Kelmarsh in the Domesday Book

A village in Rothwell hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ambrose of Tilsworth (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire

Kelmarsh is a village in Northamptonshire

Kelmarsh in historic gazetteers

Kelmarsh in the Domesday Book