Stoughton

Other current and historical names

Stoctone
Stotone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'50"N 1°3'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 464065, 302229
OS Grid: SK640022
Mapcode Local: GBR 9P8.40K
Mapcode Global: WHFKP.RKPB

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

Stoughton in historic gazetteers

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

Stoughton.-- township, Thurnby par., in co. and 3 miles SE. of Leicester, pop. 144; substains Stoughton Grange, seat.

Stoughton in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Huard of Peatling (subinfeudated); Erneis of Glenfield (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Stoughton, Leicestershire

Stoughton is a village in Leicestershire

Stoughton in historic gazetteers

Stoughton in the Domesday Book