Slawston

Other current and historical names

Slagestone
Slaches

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'32"N 0°51'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 477778, 294439
OS Grid: SP777944
Mapcode Local: GBR BRN.LR3
Mapcode Global: VHDQN.4CKF

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

Slawston in historic gazetteers

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

Slawston, par. and vil., Leicestershire - par., 1510 ac., pop. 184; vil., 6 miles NE. of Market Harborough; P.O.

Slawston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated); Frani of Ashley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ingeld (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1070; 2½d in 1086

British Place Names

Slawston, Leicestershire

Slawston is a village in Leicestershire

Slawston in historic gazetteers

Slawston in the Domesday Book