Markfield

Other current and historical names

Merchenefeld

Built-Up Area: Markfield
Parish/Community: Markfield
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'12"N 1°16'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 448906, 310138
OS Grid: SK489101
Mapcode Local: GBR 7KC.FQT
Mapcode Global: WHDJ2.BQQN

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

Markfield in historic gazetteers

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

Markfield, par. and vil., in co. and 7½ miles SW. of Leicester, 2534 ac., pop. 1605; P.O., T.O.

Markfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Woodland: 6 furlongs

British Place Names

Markfield, Leicestershire

Markfield is a village in Leicestershire

Markfield in historic gazetteers

Markfield in the Domesday Book