Seagrave

Other current and historical names

Segrave
Satgrave

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'14"N 1°5'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 461755, 317766
OS Grid: SK617177
Mapcode Local: GBR 9MH.855
Mapcode Global: WHFK3.81WJ

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

Seagrave in historic gazetteers

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

Seagrave, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 6 miles SE. of Loughborough, 2470 ac., pop. 360.

Seagrave 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: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Seagrave, Leicestershire

Seagrave is a village in Leicestershire

Seagrave in historic gazetteers

Seagrave in the Domesday Book