Leire

Other current and historical names

Legre

Built-Up Area: Leire
Parish/Community: Leire
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'24"N 1°13'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 452563, 290148
OS Grid: SP525901
Mapcode Local: GBR 8NW.W1L
Mapcode Global: VHCT5.P856

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

Leire in historic gazetteers

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

Leire, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 4 miles NW. of Lutterworth, 828 ac., pop. 286; P.O.

Leire in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 48 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 2/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Leire, Leicestershire

Leire is a village in Leicestershire

Leire in historic gazetteers

Leire in the Domesday Book