Twycross

Other current and historical names

Tuicros

Parish/Community: Twycross
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'25"N 1°30'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 433706, 304862
OS Grid: SK337048
Mapcode Local: GBR 6J9.JQ7
Mapcode Global: WHCH0.WW9L

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

Twycross in historic gazetteers

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

Twycross, par., Leicestershire, 4½ miles NW. of Market Bosworth, 1350 ac., pop. 354; P.O., T.O.

Twycross in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Stafford (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)

British Place Names

Twycross, Leicestershire

Twycross is a village in Leicestershire

Twycross in historic gazetteers

Twycross in the Domesday Book