Kirkleatham

Other current and historical names

Kirk Leatham

Parish/Community: Redcar and Cleveland, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Redcar and Cleveland
Region: North East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°35'22"N 1°5'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 459082, 521967
OS Grid: NZ590219
Mapcode Local: GBR NHVC.DK
Mapcode Global: WHF80.8WJZ

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

Kirkleatham in historic gazetteers

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

Kirkleatham, par. and local government district, North-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SW. of Redcar, 4330 ac., pop. 3898; contains Kirk Leatham Hall, seat.

Kirkleatham in the Domesday Book

A village in Langbaurgh hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Uhtred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066
- Meadow: 14 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Percy
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leysing
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Kirkleatham, Redcar and Cleveland

Kirkleatham is a village in Redcar and Cleveland

Kirkleatham in historic gazetteers

Kirkleatham in the Domesday Book