Molesworth

Other current and historical names

Molesworde

Parish/Community: Brington and Molesworth
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'18"N 0°25'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 507249, 276033
OS Grid: TL072760
Mapcode Local: GBR FZB.73Q
Mapcode Global: VHFP3.KNL2

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

Molesworth in historic gazetteers

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

Molesworth, par. and vil., Huntingdonshire, 5½ m. SB. of Thrapston ry. sta., 1710 ac., pop. 211; P.O.

Molesworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres

British Place Names

Molesworth, Cambridgeshire

Molesworth is a village in Cambridgeshire

Molesworth in historic gazetteers

Molesworth in the Domesday Book