Saltby

Other current and historical names

Saltebi

Parish/Community: Sproxton
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°49'36"N 0°44'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 484993, 326202
OS Grid: SK849262
Mapcode Local: GBR CPM.ZMC
Mapcode Global: WHFJW.L6TT

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

Saltby in historic gazetteers

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

Saltby, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 8 miles NE. of Melton Mowbray, 2680 ac., pop. 272.

Saltby in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 39 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 14 smallholders; 23 freemen; 16 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (28 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Mills: 2, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Saltby, Leicestershire

Saltby is a village in Leicestershire

Saltby in historic gazetteers

Saltby in the Domesday Book