Wyfordby

Other current and historical names

Wordebi
Werdebi
Wivordebie

Parish/Community: Freeby
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'44"N 0°49'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 479411, 318957
OS Grid: SK794189
Mapcode Local: GBR CQ9.VQ3
Mapcode Global: WHFK1.9TKN

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

Wyfordby in historic gazetteers

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

Wyfordby, par., Leicestershire, 2 miles E. of Melton Mowbray, 1350 ac., pop. 104; P.O.

Wyfordby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Mills: 2, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

British Place Names

Wyfordby, Leicestershire

Wyfordby is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Wyfordby in historic gazetteers

Wyfordby in the Domesday Book