Measham

Other current and historical names

Messeham

Built-Up Area: Measham
Parish/Community: Measham
District/Borough: North West Leicestershire
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'22"N 1°30'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 433429, 312187
OS Grid: SK334121
Mapcode Local: GBR 6HJ.9X4
Mapcode Global: WHCGT.T7QM

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

Measham in historic gazetteers

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

Measham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., detached part of Derbyshire, 8 miles NW of Market Bosworth by rail and 3½ miles SW. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch - par., pop. 1769; township, 1490 ac., pop. 1677; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Measham Hall, seat.

Measham in the Domesday Book

A village in Walecros hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong

British Place Names

Measham, Leicestershire

Measham is a village in Leicestershire

Measham in historic gazetteers

Measham in the Domesday Book