Shearsby

Other current and historical names

Seuesbi
Sueuesbi
Suesbi

Parish/Community: Shearsby
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'45"N 1°4'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 462333, 290911
OS Grid: SP623909
Mapcode Local: GBR 9QD.H0F
Mapcode Global: VHCT8.53VR

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

Shearsby in historic gazetteers

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

Shearsby, township and vil., Knaptoft par., Leicestershire, 7 miles NE. of Lutterworth, pop. 261.

Shearsby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Hallaton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Quentin's wife
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Quentin's wife
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Huard of Peatling (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Shearsby, Leicestershire

Shearsby is a village in Leicestershire

Shearsby in historic gazetteers

Shearsby in the Domesday Book