Oadby

Other current and historical names

Oldebi

Built-Up Area: Leicester
Parish/Community: Oadby and Wigston, unparished area
District/Borough: Oadby and Wigston
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'48"N 1°4'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 462672, 300292
OS Grid: SK626002
Mapcode Local: GBR FWZ.8Z
Mapcode Global: WHFKP.FZRL

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

Oadby in historic gazetteers

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

Oadby, par. and vil., in co. and 3½ miles SE. of Leicester, 1560 ac., pop. 1731; P.O.

Oadby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn of Oadby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 9 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 11 smallholders; 46 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 9 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Oadby, Leicestershire

Oadby is a settlement in Leicester, Leicestershire

Oadby in historic gazetteers

Oadby in the Domesday Book