Owston

Other current and historical names

Ouston
Osulweston
Oulveston
Osulvestone

Parish/Community: Owston and Newbold
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'47"N 0°51'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 477632, 307902
OS Grid: SK776079
Mapcode Local: GBR BQ9.102
Mapcode Global: WHFKL.VBQ2

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

Owston in historic gazetteers

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

Owston.-- par. and vil., Leicestershire, 74 miles SE. of Melton Mowbray, 2460 ac., pop. 189.

Owston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Grimbald of Houghton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs

British Place Names

Owston, Leicestershire

Owston is a village in Leicestershire

Owston in historic gazetteers

Owston in the Domesday Book