Scalford

Other current and historical names

Scaldeford

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'32"N 0°52'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 476282, 324100
OS Grid: SK762241
Mapcode Local: GBR BNB.WD6
Mapcode Global: WHFJT.MN0B

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

Scalford in historic gazetteers

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

Scalford, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Scalford and Hose), Leicestershire - par., 2520 ac., pop. 684; vil., 3½ miles N. of Melton Mowbray; P.O.

Scalford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 11 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 13 smallholders; 11 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres

British Place Names

Scalford, Leicestershire

Scalford is a village in Leicestershire

Scalford in historic gazetteers

Scalford in the Domesday Book