Rearsby

Other current and historical names

Reorsby
Redresbi
Reresbi

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°43'27"N 1°2'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 465093, 314493
OS Grid: SK650144
Mapcode Local: GBR 9MY.8G8
Mapcode Global: WHFK4.1S4F

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

Rearsby in historic gazetteers

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

Rearsby, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles NE. of Leicester, near river Wreak, 1800 ac., pop. 477; P.O., T.O.

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

Reorsby, Leicestershire. See REARSBY.

Rearsby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Burdet (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ingeld (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 0.5, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Rearsby, Leicestershire

Rearsby is a village in Leicestershire

Rearsby in historic gazetteers

Rearsby in the Domesday Book