Kimcote

Other current and historical names

Chenemundescote

Parish/Community: Kimcote and Walton
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°28'26"N 1°8'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 458362, 286579
OS Grid: SP583865
Mapcode Local: GBR 8PD.S1V
Mapcode Global: VHCTF.520R

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

Kimcote in historic gazetteers

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

Kimcote, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 3½ miles NE. of Lutterworth, 1233 ac., pop. 393.

Kimcote in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Kimcote (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 13 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 6 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Kimcote, Leicestershire

Kimcote is a village in Leicestershire

Kimcote in historic gazetteers

Kimcote in the Domesday Book