Tur Langton

Other current and historical names

Langton
Terlintone
Langton Tur
Cher

Built-Up Area: Tur Langton
Parish/Community: Tur Langton
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'40"N 0°56'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 471531, 294592
OS Grid: SP715945
Mapcode Local: GBR BRJ.FGN
Mapcode Global: VHDQL.J9WQ

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

Tur Langton in historic gazetteers

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

Tur Langton, township and vil., Church Langton par., Leicestershire, 5 miles N. of Market Harborough, pop. 279; P.O.

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

Langton, Tur. See TUR-LANGTON.

Tur Langton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walkelin nephew of the Bishop of Winchester (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Households: 20 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves; 2 female slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres

British Place Names

Tur Langton, Leicestershire

Tur Langton is a village in Leicestershire

Tur Langton in historic gazetteers

Tur Langton in the Domesday Book