Mowsley

Other current and historical names

Muselai

Parish/Community: Mowsley
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'43"N 1°2'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 464671, 289031
OS Grid: SP646890
Mapcode Local: GBR 9QM.KMG
Mapcode Global: VHCT8.RJVW

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

Mowsley in historic gazetteers

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

Mowsley, township and vil., Knaptoft par., Leicestershire, 6 miles NW. of Market Harborough, 1710 ac., pop. 208; P.O.

Mowsley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gerbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerbert
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 1 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: 10 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Mowsley, Leicestershire

Mowsley is a village in Leicestershire

Mowsley in historic gazetteers

Mowsley in the Domesday Book