Thurcaston

Other current and historical names

Turchilestone
Turchitelestone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'31"N 1°9'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 457052, 310831
OS Grid: SK570108
Mapcode Local: GBR 8LV.86M
Mapcode Global: WHDJ4.6L4G

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

Thurcaston in historic gazetteers

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

Thurcaston, par. and township, in co. and 4 miles N. of Leicester - par., 2960 ac., pop. 1646; township, pop. 233; birthplace of Bishop Latimer (1472-1554).

Thurcaston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin father of Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Thurcaston, Leicestershire

Thurcaston is a village in Leicestershire

Thurcaston in historic gazetteers

Thurcaston in the Domesday Book