Queniborough

Other current and historical names

Queeniborough
Cuinburg

Built-Up Area: Queniborough
Parish/Community: Queniborough
District/Borough: Charnwood
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'14"N 1°2'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 464692, 312251
OS Grid: SK646122
Mapcode Local: GBR 9N4.DVQ
Mapcode Global: WHFK9.Y909

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

Queniborough in historic gazetteers

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

Queeniborough, par. and vil., in co. and 6 miles NE. of Leicester, 1390 ac., pop. 549.

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

Queniborough, Leicestershire. See QUEENIBOROUGH.

Queniborough in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Queniborough (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Queniborough, Leicestershire

Queniborough is a village in Leicestershire

Queniborough in historic gazetteers

Queniborough in the Domesday Book