Wanlip

Other current and historical names

Anelepe

Parish/Community: Wanlip
District/Borough: Charnwood
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°41'30"N 1°6'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 459993, 310819
OS Grid: SK599108
Mapcode Local: GBR 9N7.76T
Mapcode Global: WHDJ4.VLST

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

Wanlip in historic gazetteers

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

Wanlip, par., Leicestershire, on river Soar, 1½ mile W. of Syston, 952 ac., pop. 108; contains W. Hall.

Wanlip in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Chartres (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Wanlip, Leicestershire

Wanlip is a village in Leicestershire

Wanlip in historic gazetteers

Wanlip in the Domesday Book