Kilby

Other current and historical names

Cilebi

Parish/Community: Kilby
District/Borough: Blaby
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'10"N 1°5'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 462014, 295407
OS Grid: SP620954
Mapcode Local: GBR 9PT.VDG
Mapcode Global: VHCT2.33S6

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

Kilby in historic gazetteers

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

Kilby, par. and vil., in co. and 6½ miles SE. of Leicester, 1060 ac., pop. 291; P.O.

Kilby in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 10 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Kilby, Leicestershire

Kilby is a village in Leicestershire

Kilby in historic gazetteers

Kilby in the Domesday Book