Shoby

Other current and historical names

Seoldesberie

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'28"N 0°59'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 468171, 320157
OS Grid: SK681201
Mapcode Local: GBR 9MF.28Z
Mapcode Global: WHFJY.RJB6

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

Shoby in historic gazetteers

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

Shoby, par., Leicestershire, 4 miles NW. of Melton Mowbray, 710 ac., pop. 35.

Shoby in the Domesday Book

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

- 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: Ralph of Chartres (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 11 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 9 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 furlongs

British Place Names

Shoby, Leicestershire

Shoby is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Shoby in historic gazetteers

Shoby in the Domesday Book