Upleadon

Other current and historical names

Ledene

Parish/Community: Upleadon
District/Borough: Forest of Dean
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'10"N 2°21'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 375600, 226480
OS Grid: SO756264
Mapcode Local: GBR 0HQ.K36
Mapcode Global: VH93X.3LNH

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

Upleadon in historic gazetteers

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

Upleadon.-- par., in co. and 7 miles NW. of Gloucester, on river Leadon, 1207 ac., pop. 232.

Upleadon in the Domesday Book

A village in Botloe hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Gloucester St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Gloucester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Gloucester
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 1 smallholder; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 mixed measures
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Upleadon, Gloucestershire

Upleadon is a village in Gloucestershire

Upleadon in historic gazetteers

Upleadon in the Domesday Book