Rosliston

Other current and historical names

Redlauestun

Parish/Community: Rosliston
District/Borough: South Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°44'53"N 1°38'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 424263, 316805
OS Grid: SK242168
Mapcode Local: GBR 5FF.RNB
Mapcode Global: WHCGK.R58X

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

Rosliston in historic gazetteers

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

Rosliston, par. and vil., Derbyshire, 4½ miles SW. of Burton on Trent, 1197 ac., pop. 459.

Rosliston in the Domesday Book

A village in Walecros hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 33 villagers; 10 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 7 furlongs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼

British Place Names

Rosliston, Derbyshire

Rosliston is a village in Derbyshire

Rosliston in historic gazetteers

Rosliston in the Domesday Book