Lilbourne

Other current and historical names

Lilborne
Lilleburne
Lineburn

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'18"N 1°10'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 456340, 277056
OS Grid: SP563770
Mapcode Local: GBR 8QH.B3G
Mapcode Global: VHCTS.L7X7

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

Lilbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Lilbourne, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, on river Avon, 4 miles NE. of Rugby, 1920 ac., pop. 266.

Lilbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy (escheated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 4 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Lilbourne, Northamptonshire

Lilbourne is a village in Northamptonshire

Lilbourne in historic gazetteers

Lilbourne in the Domesday Book